Do You Understand This English Sentence?

No thank you, I’ll pass or I’m not hungry right now.

Explanation for Lesson #26

Low-hanging fruit- Getting something with little effort.

A no brainer- Something that requires little or no thought or mental effort.

Bottom line- The most important thing.

Shoehorn- To force something into a small space or period of time.

Pick your battles- Decide what you want to fight about.

Cut you some slack- To ease the pressure on someone.

Thanks for your superb efforts.

Fatemeh, very good paraphrase with a few corrections. “No need to think about…”

”...so we won’t oppose you on this one.”

Bluesky, excellent paraphrase, just change to ”...so we’ll stop arguing…”

You both are welcome and I’ll prepare the next lesson this week.

Hello dear teacher and everybody🌷

Thank you for new lesson.

Ms. Charlotte: Buying this company is a very easy goal for you and no need to think about our profit.

Chairman: It seems you really want to push us to buy this company, so we’ll stop arguing and we will take it easy.

Hello Mr. Alston. Thank you very much for your new lesson 🙏
My answer:
Ms. Charlotte: Buying this company is very easy, no need to think for our net profit.
Chairman: It looks like you’re going to force us to buy this company, so we’ll know our enemies and we’ll less demand of you.

Lesson #26 Reading between the lines:

Next board meeting

Ms. Charlotte: Buying this company is low hanging fruit, a no-brainer for our bottom line.

Chairman: It looks like you’re going to shoe-horn this company, so we’ll pick our battles and cut you some slack on this one.

Question: Can you paraphrase this dialogue?

i love it and wanna learn 

i am alway ready

Thanks a lot 🙏
I’m always ready 😊

Fatemeh, you got the understanding of an open secret and explained it well. Next lesson is coming.

Fatemeh, you got the understanding of an open secret and explained it well. Next lesson coming.

Hello Mr. Alston. Thank you very much 😊
Yes, there is a contradict in this phrase.
An open secret is a fact that should be a secret but a lot of people know about it.
Please forgive me for answering late 🙏

Fatemeh, you’re welcome.

No, I mean if it is a secret, it can’t be open, otherwise it’s not a secret, because “open” contradicts secret. That’s why it’s an oxymoron. :)

Thank you very much 😊
Excuse me, do you mean how is a secret revealed?

Bingo! Bora and Fatemeh you are both correct. It is an Oxymoron which is a figure of speech where two words contradict each other. In this case, if it is a secret, how can it be open?

Good job, extra credit to you both!

Thanks a lot 😊
Excuse me, is it an Oxymoron?

Bora, there is a certain name for this type of phrase. Continue your search for the answer.

Fatemeh, good try. A paradox is a contradictory statement; however, you are getting close. Keep going.

Hello all
Thank you very much Mr. Alston 🙏
In my opinion it is a Paradox. Because there is a contradict between “open” and “secret”.