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| America's English idiom |
American idiom:
“Asleep at the switch”
Meaning: not attending to one’s job or failing to
react quickly; not being alert.
Origin: From the early days of railroad (mid 1800’s). One of a trainman’s duties was to switch a
train from one track to another at exactly the right moment. If they fell asleep at the switch, the train
might go off the rails and crash.
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| America's English |
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