Became easier than falling off the proverbial log.
But 2016 was the year when both hardware and software converged on that magical point—or that nexus of guilt—where recording and sharing video became easier than falling off the proverbial log.
Hello, could anyone tell me what the proverbial log is?
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"falling off a log" is, according to a traditional saying, or proverb, supposed to be something that is very easy to do. e. that the traditional saying is being referred to.
- "falling off a log" is, according to a traditional saying, or proverb, supposed to be something that is very easy to do.
- e.
- that the traditional saying is being referred to.
- This sort of use of the word "proverbial" is a fairly standard device.
- For example "up the creek without a paddle" is a standard expression meaning "in difficulty with no way of getting out", so someone might refer to being "up the proverbial creek".
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"falling off a log" is, according to a traditional saying, or proverb, supposed to be something that is very easy to do. In your sentence "easier than falling off a log" might by itself suffice, but in case this seems a bit tame or obvious, the author has inserted the word "proverbial" to make a feature out of what we already know, i.e. that the traditional saying is being referred to. This so
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