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2010-08-10 08:39:29
Word expert Jeans Roger James Rogers says the expression was common by the late 1970s. Mr Roger Mister Rogers says the M Manchester Guardian newspaper use used it in 1978. The newspaper said a reform policy required that the British goverment government get it its act together.
Now, this expression is heard often when an official officials of a company needmeet. One company even called its yearly reportgetting our act together, " Getting Our Act Together. "
The Japanese visitor was confused by another expression used by an American business people. It is cut to the chase.
She heard that expression when she attended an important meeting of one company. One official is was giving a very long report, it . It was not very interesting. In fact, some people at the meeting were falling asleep.
Finally, the president of the company says cut said, " Cut to the chase. "
Cut to the chase means to stop spending so much time on details or unimportant material. Hurry and get to the good part. Natually
Naturally, this saying was started by people who make movies. Holywood Hollywood movie producers believe that most Americans want to see action movies. Many of their movie movies show scenes was in which the actors chase each other in cars, or in airplanes or on foot.
Cut is the director's word for stop. The director means to stop filming, leave out some material, and get to the chase scene now.
So, if your employer tells you to cut to the chase, be sure to get to the main point of your story quickly.
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