>Think of it literally. A marksman aiming at a button-sized bullseye will likely land close to center, even on a miss. Someone aiming vaguely at the entire target board risks missing completely. A small miss at close range still counts as a good shot.
... ... ... who is this hypothetical marksman that had to be told, with a proverb, that his objective should be to aim for the center, i.e. the obvious place to aim for???
>Think of it literally. A marksman aiming at a button-sized bullseye will likely land close to center, even on a miss. Someone aiming vaguely at the entire target board risks missing completely. A small miss at close range still counts as a good shot.
... ... ... who is this hypothetical marksman that had to be told, with a proverb, that his objective should be to aim for the center, i.e. the obvious place to aim for???