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Vocabobobo Posted 19 years ago
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out of all proportion....
Helllo. I was reading an article from New York Times, and run into a phrase "out of all proportion". I tried to figure out what this phrase mean using my dictionary, but had no luck. Could anyone tell me how I should interpret this phrase? The sentence in which the phrase was used is as follows: Because the opportunity cost this war (the war in Iraq) is exacting on our country and its ability to focus on anything else is out of all proportion to what might still be achieved in Iarq by our staying, with too few troops and too few friends.
thanks in advance.
p.s. I would appreciate it if you could explain what the phrase mean in the context of the sentence.
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thanks in advance.
p.s. I would appreciate it if you could explain what the phrase mean in the context of the sentence.
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exagerated in comparison with
- exagerated in comparison with
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In context, it means that what it costs is so very much greater than what is gained.
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Hi,
Because the opportunity cost this war (the war in Iraq) is exacting on our country and its ability to focus on anything else is out of all proportion to what might still be achieved in Iarq by our staying, with too few troops and too few friends.
I don't wnat to add to the explanation of the phrase in bold, but
Because the opportunity cost this war (the war in Iraq) is exacting on our country and its ability to focus on anything else is out of all proportion to what might still be achieved in Iarq by our staying, with too few troops and too few friends.
I don't wnat to add to the explanation of the phrase in bold, but
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It's the way you capture what you are NOT doing (the benefit you would have gotten from doing it) because you are spending the money you would have spent on it on something else.
If I could invest in CJ's new business venture for $100, and know that it would be worth three times that in a couple years, but must spend that same $100 repairing my roof, the roof had a high oppportunity cost.
If I could invest in CJ's new business venture for $100, and know that it would be worth three times that in a couple years, but must spend that same $100 repairing my roof, the roof had a high oppportunity cost.
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