The meaning of a phrase Hi everybody. In the internet you can find a list of motivational phrases for Harvard's students, and one of the phrases goes like: "Dogs are learning, ambassadors are playing.

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Michael

The meaning of a phrase

Hi everybody. In the internet you can find a list of motivational phrases for Harvard's students, and one of the phrases goes like: "Dogs are learning, ambassadors are playing." What can it possibly mean and why it's said like that? Thanks in advance ;)

25. Juli 2020 09:34

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Hi Michael,

I've done some research, and it seems that there is literally no meaning for this phrase. It's not a known idiom or proverb in English. If you can interpret some meaning from it, then that might be a good thing anyway. :)

It seems like this list is often repeated but never checked, and generally the people who post this list are non-native speakers. Have a look at the search results: if native English speakers aren't reposting this list, then you have a right to doubt its authenticity,

There are a couple of variations of this list (one list doesn't have the dogs/ambassadors sentence) and to be honest, both versions look like careless translations into English.

If the list isn't "authentically" from Harvard, I don't think that's a problem, but the advice isn't really that good. Anyway, that's just my own opinion. The list would have some value if we could find its origin, but so far I've found nothing.

25. Juli 2020