This is the story of Mr. Hitachi. Hitachi was a man in the prime of his life. He was barely 30, and he had his passion for hitting the road with friends for excursions and ventures. One day, in one of his journeys, he met with a guy from his neighborhood with whom he hit it off. Mr. Hitachi along with his friend decided to make a joint venture. And since Nokia Mobile phones were hitting the stores, they decided to buy a big amount of these phones in a low price, and resell it again in the market to make a lot of money and hit the jackpot in a very short time. And not only because they didn't have the enough venture capital, but also because Mr. Hitachi trusted his friend, he decided to buy the goods on credit under his responsibility.
And Right after they made the bargain, they started distributing the phones in the market, but very shortly then they hit the buffers, when Samsung mobiles had started replacing those of Nokia. The friend of Mr. Hitachi started realizing that the game was over, So he determined to hit Mr. Hitachi when he was down. And in order to hit Mr. Hitachi right in the eye, he faced him with the truth that he determined to take his profits and break the partnership with Hitachi. When Mr. Hitachi heard this news, immediately he hit the ceiling. It seemed to him as the guy, who thought of him to be his genuine friend, was trying to hit him where it hurt.
However, Mr. Hitachi couldn't do much, because he was involved in credits that he couldn't pay any more. he thought that he was going to build his empire of money with his friend, but even before his trade hit the spot, he hit the deck, lost his all money, and came to discover that the person who trusted, was in fact his first enemy.
Glossary of idioms used in the story:
| #to hit the ceiling/roof= to become angry |
| #to hit the deck= to fall on the ground |
| #to hit the buffers= to stop being successful |
| #to hit the jackpot= to make or win a lot of money quickly |
| #to hit the streets / shops / stores= to become widely available for sale |
| #to hit the road / trail= to start a journey or a trip |
| #hit sb where it hurts= to affect sb where they will feel it most |
| #hit sb when they're down= to hurt sb when they are already defeated |
| #to hit sb (straight/right) in the eye= to be very obvious to sb |
| #to hit the spot= if sth hits the spot it does exactly what it should do |
| #to hit it off (with sb)= to have a good friendly relationship with sb |
More Idioms Based on "Hit" verb, which were not used in the story:
#to hit the nail on the head = to say sth that is exactly right
#to hit the hay / sack = to go to bed.
Comments
I herein would like to post the correction that I received in my inbox by Paula... many thanks to her:
This is the story of Mr. Hitachi. Hitachi was a man in the prime of his life. He was barely 30, and he had a passion for hitting the road with friends, for excursions and ventures. One day, he met a guy from his neighborhood with whom he hit it off. Mr. Hitachi, along with his friend, opted to make a joint venture. Since Nokia mobile phones were hitting the stores, they devised a plan to buy a large amount of these phones at a low price, and resell them in the market, hoping to hit the jackpot. Mr. Hitachi decided, not only because they didn't have enough venture capital, but also because he trusted his friend , that he would buy the goods under his personal credit.
So, right after they made the bargain, they moved to the market and began distributing the phones. Unfortunately, very shortly thereafter they hit the buffers, when Samsung mobiles started replacing those of Nokia. Mr. Hitachi's friend realizing that the game was over, decided to hit Mr. Hitachi while he was down. In order to hit Mr. Hitachi right in the eye, he faced him with the truth that he planned to take his profits and break the partnership. When Mr. Hitachi heard this news, he immediately hit the ceiling, aware the guy he thought to be his genuine friend, was trying to hit him where it hurt.
However, Mr. Hitachi couldn't do much, since he was involved in credit that he couldn't pay. He had thought that he was going to build his empire with his friend, but even before his trade hit the spot, he hit the deck, and lost all his money. Discovering that the person he had trusted, was in fact his enemy.
Thank you, dear Elissa, for reading and commenting :)
You were doing great!
you are most welcome, dear Noor :)
Thanks for reading :)
I learned many news words from your blog. ^_^
thanks for sharing..
Wow, Thank you all for your all nice comments... I really feel honored to read your all nice encouraging comments, Thank you so much ^_^
❀❤•❀Paula✿.•❤øº, it's very nice of you to offer your correction... please if you are going to do that, Can you post the correction here, so all people can learn from it?? Thank you so much in advance :)
Great story AG!! I loved it's subject. If you would like some correction from me as a native, I would be happy to do it.....message me if this is of interest to you.
I wonder if this is a true story. :|
Hi AG!
From the story you wrote, I think Mr.Hitachi doesn't feel hurt that much and make them enemy. He might think that this was a great lesson in his life. :)))
Please don't hit anyone here with your hitting blog. :p
Thank you for writing. ^^
It's enjoyable learning idioms this way. I guess you have a creative mind in all fields, congrats!
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