It basically translates to "Be at your best behavior!" or "Be ready at attention" depending on the scenario.
Okeke is from the story 'Marriage is a private affair', a book written by the Nigerian author, Chinua Achebe.
Okeke was a dutiful son who has regards for his father and always want to obtain his permission in all that he does. But he also a very determined man and is always ready to stay by his decisions, when he knows that he is doing the right thing for himself. He is a man who does not give up easily and he continues to appeals to his father to change his mind about his marriage even years after the event has happened. Okeke is a kind of man who does not follow custom and traditions blindly, when they do not favour him.
New arrivals at one retirement community were told by its director: ""you are like pilgrims crossing the ocean to take up a new life."" this simile implicitly supports the author’s assumption that those moving to retirement communities feel uncertainty on the wisdom of departing from the past.
Satisfaction at gaining parental independence. Relief at getting out of challenging circumstances. Optimism about being around people who share your objectives.
The terms "like" or "as" are used to compare two dissimilar objects in a simile, which is a sort of metaphor. A simile is used to assist describe one thing by comparing it to another that may seem unrelated at first.
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The speaker is talking about the water. During winter, the water enters the cracks and freezes and expands. It breaks the stone and makes cracks and when the water melts the holes are bigger. What he is describing is mechanical weathering which is common in nature.
