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Nithila Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

What does "By no means are we out of the woods just yet" mean?

"There is no doubt that times are still tough," said Mr. Obama. "By no means are we out of the woods just yet. But from where we stand, for the very first time, we are beginning to see glimmers of hope."

what does "By no means are we out of the woods just yet" mean?
  

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I think it has to do with seeing everything more clearly, like when big problems vanish because you have seen their solution. Much like when you say "Now that there's no tree I can nearly see the forest". [Y]

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  • I think it has to do with seeing everything more clearly, like when big problems vanish because you have seen their solution.
  • Much like when you say "Now that there's no tree I can nearly see the forest".
  • [Y]
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I think it has to do with seeing everything more clearly, like when big problems vanish because you have seen their solution. Much like when you say "Now that there's no tree I can nearly see the forest".
I hope this helps.[Y]
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I'm stretching here, but I think that when you're in the woods, everything is glood and doom and you can't see the way, and you have to straggle around in search of a way out.

By saying "by no means are we out of the woods" he implied that America is not recovered from the recession and its outgrowths and there's a lot to be done in that direction, but there's a light at the end of the t
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I think Obama means that when we are in hard times, it's like we are lost in a forest. Although we haven't walked out of the forest yet, we can now see the edge, for we have got some ideas about how to solve these problems.
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