Today we talked about time in different societies and the English words associated with them. For homework, answer the following question:The English language has many proverbs and sayings about time.Please explain what you think are the meanings of each of the 4 expressions.
1. Time is money.
I know this saying form in Japanese, so it is like the person is saying "Don't waste my time, use it wisely." Usually, people who say things like this are people who are really busy, in a hurry and probably over stressed?? haha This saying formed probably because people tend to think that time is limited, important and valuable, so it is like money. Business people tend to say this, because in business, the longer something takes, the more money it costs.
2.A stitch in time saves nine.
We have this saying form in Japanese too. It sounds more like, if you do something now, it will save you a lot more trouble later, so do something now, and don't wait. "It would be in your best interest to do it now, not later. You might regret waiting, later."
Just for a silly example, pretend you have a basket of fruit. And in this basket of fruit, you notice some fungus or mold growing on a piece of fruit. If you take care of just that one piece of fruit, now, the other fruit will stay okay. But if you wait, you'll have to look at all the pieces of fruit and throw away or clean all of them, not just one. So by waiting, you get more trouble.
3.There's no time like the present.
I think we have many (not just one) this kind of saying form in Japanese. The word This means, "If there's anything you want to do, now is the time to do it. There is no better time than now. Why bother waiting? Live every day like it is your last day alive. Don't let anything stop you or hold you back from doing what you REALLY enjoy and want to do."
4. Fashionable late.
I guess we don’t have this kind of saying form in Japanese. If you are fashionably late, you are usually like 30 min-1 hr late?? (maybe later, maybe 15 min) This saying is used as a way to make sound “ok” This is maybe usually used like, "Tom showed up fashionably late at last week's party." Or, if your friend commented that you were late again, maybe you could say, "I'm just fashionably late!" as a joke.
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I didnt get the meaning of "fashionable late", so your example sentence helped me to understand the meaning !! Thank you ^^
I thought there are many proverbs of time. They sometimes make me realize that how much I'm wasting my time. I want to live every day like it is my last day of my life as you wrote. I guess It's difficult though.
Thank you for reading, tulalup.
No problem. ;o)
Yea, actually, also I couldn't catch the meaning exacly, so I don't think I can expain it in Japanese. haha I read the meaning into the conversations, like I felt it by talking with friends.
Thanks for reading, carrie.
Yea, take it easy. :o)
Just do something you can right now or today. Time is important, and it never comes back, so that's why life is wonderful! No worries, you never wast your time!!
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