Sokath, his eyes uncovered [1]
One of the things that's hard about learning English from the outside
(and, I presume, hard about other languages) is how much of common usage
is idiom and analogy. This thought came to mind during a meeting today
with exchanges like the following (in fairly rapid succession):
Developer: What about $problem?
Tech Lead: We'll burn that bridge when we come to it.
Developer: Are you saying the build manager is God?
Developer 2: Watch out for the lightning bolts.
Developer: We'll burn that bush when we come to it.
Product Manager: Ok, we'll include your feature in the product but only as a secret alpha-release utility.
Developer: So it's in the product, but I can't fix bugs.
PM: Right.
Developer: I feel like the white trash with the half-built cars on the overgrown lawn.
PM: True, and you're in my neighborhood now. Maybe I should rethink that.
Maybe you had to be there.
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Developer: What about $problem?
Tech Lead: We'll burn that bridge when we come to it.
Developer: Are you saying the build manager is God?
Developer 2: Watch out for the lightning bolts.
Developer: We'll burn that bush when we come to it.
Product Manager: Ok, we'll include your feature in the product but only as a secret alpha-release utility.
Developer: So it's in the product, but I can't fix bugs.
PM: Right.
Developer: I feel like the white trash with the half-built cars on the overgrown lawn.
PM: True, and you're in my neighborhood now. Maybe I should rethink that.
Maybe you had to be there.
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