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Madhulk Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
Start as we mean to go on...
A bailiff just took over an estate and said:
Right, let's start as we mean to go on, (First things first?) shall we?
Tax collection.
Right, let's start as we mean to go on, (First things first?) shall we?
Tax collection.
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Not quite. g. dealing with preparatory matters first, rather than jumping straight into the middle of the task.
- Not quite.
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- dealing with preparatory matters first, rather than jumping straight into the middle of the task.
- "to start as one means to go on" means to begin doing something in the way that one intends to continue doing it; to set a consistent pattern of behaviour right from the start.
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Not quite.
"first things first" refers to doing things in the correct order when you're beginning a task -- e.g. dealing with preparatory matters first, rather than jumping straight into the middle of the task.
"to start as one means to go on" means to begin doing something in the way that one intends to continue doing it; to set a consistent pattern of behaviour right from the
"first things first" refers to doing things in the correct order when you're beginning a task -- e.g. dealing with preparatory matters first, rather than jumping straight into the middle of the task.
"to start as one means to go on" means to begin doing something in the way that one intends to continue doing it; to set a consistent pattern of behaviour right from the
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