> “It’s not Swiss watch precision,” said Gerhardt Meurer, an astronomer from the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), in a press release.
This is a weird case, like "20/20 vision", where the metaphor expresses the opposite of the reality. Swiss watches are so expensive because they're clunkier and less accurate than quartz crystal watches.
This is a weird case, like "20/20 vision", where the metaphor expresses the opposite of the reality. Swiss watches are so expensive because they're clunkier and less accurate than quartz crystal watches.