Brexit Metaphor No 65
Leaving the EU is presented by Brexiteers as easy: faraway lands must be longing for trade deals with the UK. Life after Brexit appears almost as easy and idyllic as a stroll in a grove of coconut trees. But if a falling ripe coconut hits you directly during such a stroll, you may be seriously injured or even die - what is commonly known as death by coconut.
Hard Brexit would deal Britain exactly this type of a blow. And if you don't like the death-by-coconut metaphor, Brazil nuts have an even more lethal effect on anyone who happens to be under the tree.
If only Brexit were a sentient person, Shakespeare might have advised:
Neither a coconut, nor a Brazil nut be!
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| Coconut palm grove (Source: Wikipedia) |
Notes:
1. Timeline: This article is part of a series of original #BrexitMetaphors published daily. A total of 65 have been posted so far and another 96 Brexit Metaphors will be published every day until the planned Brexit date of March 29, 2019.
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