Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is a square peg in a round hole and it is a phrase meaning “something/someone that does not fit into a particular situation/position; unfit, unsuitable, unacceptable thing/person”.
Example Sentence: For the past nine months, my team and I have been researching how maintaining this way of working in a remote environment is actually what is causing significant damage to employees. It’s never a good idea to force a square peg into a round hole. In today’s context, office-centric work is a square peg and the remote environment is a round hole.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article Remote working isn’t a problem – clinging to office-based practices is a problem and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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