Smell the coffee?
<p><span word="Reader">Reader</span> <span word="question">question</span>:</p><p><span word="Please">Please</span> <span word="explain">explain</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="sentence">sentence</span>: “<span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="until">until</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="read">read</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="myself">myself</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="forced">forced</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="smell">smell</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="coffee">coffee</span>.” <span word="Smell">Smell</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="coffee">coffee</span>?</p><p><span word="My">My</span> <span word="comments">comments</span>:</p><p><span word="Well">Well</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="speaker">speaker</span> <span word="uses">uses</span> “<span word="smell">smell</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="coffee">coffee</span>” <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="metaphor">metaphor</span>. <span word="Apparently">Apparently</span> <span word="nobody">nobody</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="pinning">pinning</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="speaker">speaker</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="arms">arms</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="forcing">forcing</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="head">head</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="edge">edge</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="cup">cup</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="warm">warm</span> <span word="coffee">coffee</span>, <span word="forcing">forcing</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="likes">likes</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="aroma">aroma</span>.</p><p><span word="Here">Here</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="speaker">speaker</span> <span word="simply">simply</span> <span word="means">means</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="tells">tells</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="something">something</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="didn">didn</span>’<span word="t">t</span> <span word="know">know</span>, <span word="perhaps">perhaps</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="unpleasant">unpleasant</span> <span word="news">news</span>, <span word="something">something</span> <span word="he">he</span>’<span word="d">d</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="unwilling">unwilling</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="accept">accept</span>. <span word="Now">Now</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="accept">accept</span> <span word="it">it</span>, <span word="now">now</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="he">he</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="forced">forced</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="smell">smell</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="coffee">coffee</span>.</p><p>“<span word="Smell">Smell</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="coffee">coffee</span>” <span word="is">is</span> <span word="shortened">shortened</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="idiom">idiom</span> “<span word="Wake">Wake</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="smell">smell</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="coffee">coffee</span>”. <span word="Picture">Picture</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="having">having</span> <span word="coffee">coffee</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="breakfast">breakfast</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="mother">mother</span>, <span word="after">after</span> <span word="putting">putting</span> <span word="everything">everything</span>, <span word="cereals">cereals</span>, <span word="bread">bread</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="butter">butter</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dining">dining</span> <span word="table">table</span> <span word="discovers">discovers</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="boys">boys</span> <span word="missing">missing</span> – <span word="he">he</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="slumbering">slumbering</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="bed">bed</span>. <span word="Coaxing">Coaxing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="boy">boy</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="up">up</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="something">something</span> <span word="like">like</span>: “<span word="Wake">Wake</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="smell">smell</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="delicious">delicious</span> <span word="coffee">coffee</span>”. <span word="Naturally">Naturally</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="hoping">hoping</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="aroma">aroma</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="coffee">coffee</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="attract">attract</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="boy">boy</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="attention">attention</span>. <span word="By">By</span> <span word="saying">saying</span> <span word="that">that</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="telling">telling</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="boy">boy</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="broad">broad</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="light">light</span>, <span word="time">time</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="what">what</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="table">table</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="breakfast">breakfast</span> – <span word="as">as</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="what">what</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="going">going</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="wider">wider</span> <span word="world">world</span>.</p><p><span word="Whether">Whether</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="origin">origin</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="expression">expression</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="not">not</span>. <span word="Doesn">Doesn</span>’<span word="t">t</span> <span word="matter">matter</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="sounds">sounds</span> <span word="quite">quite</span> <span word="plausible">plausible</span>, <span word="though">though</span>, <span word="doesn">doesn</span>’<span word="t">t</span> <span word="it">it</span>?</p>
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