He gets out of a coffin every day to go to work.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker describes a person as appearing dead yet still working daily.
- In plain terms
- He claims someone looks like a corpse but goes to work every day.
- What can you take from it?
- Work can feel burdensome enough to resemble death.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What does work do to our energy?
- How visible is exhaustion?
Another view
This metaphor exaggerates fatigue to the point of inaccuracy.
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