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There’re loads of phrases and phrases we have needed to get used to listening to in 2020.
Coronavirus. Lockdown. Heard immunity. The R charge. And final night time there was a brand new one for lots of people.
“A sew in time saves 9.”
That is what the Prime Minister Boris Johnson mentioned as he introduced additional guidelines on issues like pub closing instances in England.
In case you’re something like us – or many of the web – you have been in all probability in your cellphone fairly rapidly.
At 20:04 BST, proper after the PM advised us: “We should take motion now as a result of a sew in time saves 9”, Google noticed a spike in individuals looking for the which means of the phrase.
So what does it imply?
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It is not identified what number of future stitches have been saved right here
The phrase mainly means it is higher to unravel an issue instantly, to cease it turning into a a lot greater one.
It is first recorded in a guide approach again in 1723 and it is a stitching reference.
The concept is that stitching up a small rip with one sew means the tear is much less more likely to get greater, and wish extra – or, properly, 9 – stitches in a while.
That is loads to suit on the entrance of the Downing Avenue podium so you possibly can see why the prime minister’s utilizing the quick model.
The purpose Boris Johnson was going for was that asking bars and eating places to close earlier now (the sew) will hopefully imply there’s not an enormous wave of coronavirus circumstances in a month or so (a much bigger rip) and a more durable lockdown (9 stitches) will not be wanted.
Scotland and Northern Eire are doing the identical. They’re additionally stopping individuals in several homes visiting one another too.
Let’s name {that a} two-stitch technique.
And in Wales, the place pubs may also have to shut by 22:00, they’ve all the time had guidelines on solely prolonged households getting to move spherical to see one another inside.
You could find out precisely what all the brand new guidelines imply for you right here.
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