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14 Dec 2019
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Do you use idiom "to be just a cog in the machine" only in connection with companies? Or could I use it also in some other context, e.g. in protests, social situations...
Do you use idiom "to be just a cog in the machine" only in connection with companies? Or could I use it also in some other context, e.g. in protests, social situations...
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@Zuzana it can be used more widely to refer to any organisation, such as a political one.
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