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Explanation about a sentence I got this sentence from a cartoon but I couldn't understand. Can anyone explain what the cartoonist is saying? If we turn the company around fast enough, loose change might fly out of people's pockets. At this point, every cent helps! Thanks in advance

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To "turn ______ around" is an idiom that means to do well when before you were doing poorly. So, if you're losing a game, you "turn the team around" and start playing well and winning. And in this cartoon, if your company is losing money, "turning the company around" would be to start making sales, doing good business, and making lots of money. To "turn ______ around" also literally means to spin it in a circle. (and yes, if you spin around in a circle really fast and you do have the right kinds of pockets, money will fall out of your pockets). The joke is that he's mixing figuratively turning the company around (more business) with literally turning it around (spinning in a circle).
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turn the company around = change for the better loose change = the money/coins they have in their pockets if you turn around (spin) really fast things might come out of your pockets every cent helps = they are so desperate to make money even a few cents will make a difference.
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Hi Vilmar, I will break this sentence apart and try to explain it piece by piece, just like Rebecca has done. "If we turn the company around fast enough," This means "if the company's fortunes improve quickly." This part implies that the company is currently not doing well, but that the speaker is hopeful that its fortunes could become better in a rather short period of time. "loose change might fly out of people's pockets." "Loose change" is a way to say "extra money" in English. This part means "people might have a lot of extra money." When there's a lot of money in a pocket, it'll flow out (hence the usage of the words "fly out of people's pockets.") "At this point, every cent helps!" This part means that any small amount of money will contribute to the company trying to reverse its fortunes. "Every cent" is an English way of saying "any small amount of money." I hope this answer was helpful. Please let me know if you're confused by anything.

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