Madhulk Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Get to first...
Boss: I looked over your reports. You've now officially moved up to 2nd place.
We don't have anything else to discuss, do we?
Jen: No, sir. We don't.
Boss: Good. Because you don't get to first (get to the 1st place?)
by taking your eye off the ball.
We don't have anything else to discuss, do we?
Jen: No, sir. We don't.
Boss: Good. Because you don't get to first (get to the 1st place?)
by taking your eye off the ball.
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I think the boss is using baseball as a metaphor: "You don't get to first [base] by taking your eye off the ball."
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