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Got your feet wet?
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Han Ximin
MY brother-in-law Li Feng finally got a chance to work in a newly established foreign-invested company in Changchun, capital city of Northeast China's Jilin Province. He served as a chief in the design department. He is eager to pick up his English for he hasn't used it in 10 years.
His boss is named Robert. Though he knew who Robert is, he never had a chance to actually talk to him.
After attending a seminar, he got caught in heavy rain on his way back to the office. He was holding an umbrella, but his trousers, as well as shoes and socks, got wet.
When he shook the umbrella and stamped his feet at the lobby, he suddenly caught sight of Robert strolling in.
At that time, Li hurried to meet the boss and siezed the opportunity to introduce himself.
Robert recognized him and asked if he had gotten his feet wet.
Li lowered his head to look at his wet trouser legs and said in a helpless tone, “Yeah, it is raining cats and dogs, isn't it?"
Gazing at Li for a moment, Robert smiled silently.
Later on, he mentioned the incident to his foreign colleague Bob who pointed out the misunderstanding.
“Get one's feet wet" is an American slang, meaning trying something new. However Li, considering himself something of a wag, replied with a slang sentence, describing the rain falling heavily, which is seldom nowadays.
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