Hi,
A teacher gives students quizzes in a class, and one student answered and the answer was almost right but not a 100%.
Then the teacher said 'it's boiling' ( I don't know if I got that right) or something like that.
I think it's a kinda metaphor.. like water is cold means it's a totally wrong answer, water is warm means you're getting closer to an answer.. I guess.
Do you really use that kind of phrases a lot or is it just his (the teacher's) own way to say it?
A teacher gives students quizzes in a class, and one student answered and the answer was almost right but not a 100%.
Then the teacher said 'it's boiling' ( I don't know if I got that right) or something like that.
I think it's a kinda metaphor.. like water is cold means it's a totally wrong answer, water is warm means you're getting closer to an answer.. I guess.
Do you really use that kind of phrases a lot or is it just his (the teacher's) own way to say it?