After all, there are worse things in life than death. If you've ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman, you know what I'm talking about.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Death is compared to the tediousness of an insurance salesman to highlight the latter's unbearable nature.
- In plain terms
- Life with a salesman is worse than dying.
- What can you take from it?
- Use hyperbole to emphasize how unpleasant an experience feels.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What makes you dread social situations?
- How do you describe boredom?
Another view
It equates a mundane annoyance with the finality of death.
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