Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “the ink is barely dry“ and its meaning is “things change very quickly right after an agreement/contract is made between two people (things change even before the ink is dry, i.e. the ink is still wet on the agreement/contract document which has just been made)”.
Example Sentence: A milestone global deal to ensure big companies pay a minimum tax rate of 15% and make it harder to avoid taxation has been agreed after Ireland, Estonia and Hungary signed up to an accord… However, with the ink barely dry on the deal, some countries were already raising concerns about its implementation. The Swiss Finance Ministry demanded in a statement that the interests of small economies be taken into account,…
This phrase is present in The Hindu article Global pact on minimum corporate tax of 15% and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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