A certain day Fidel Castro was addressing Cuba in a speech, and he told them: "We have been said to be a country of misery and poverty. So, we have to let those yakees up north know that in Cuba nobody goes to sleep without eating!"
A Cuban gets on his feet and says: "Hey, my brother, you know I haven't had any food yet?"
Fidel answered swiftly: "Then don't go to sleep..."
certainPRONOUN
An indefinite but limited number; some: Certain of the products are faulty.
addressingTRANSITIVE VERB
To make a formal speech to.
speechNOUN
The faculty or act of speaking.
miseryNOUN
The state of suffering and want as a result of physical circumstances or extreme poverty.
povertyNOUN
The state of being poor; lack of the means of providing material needs or comforts.
yakeesNOUN
A native or inhabitant of New England.
A native or inhabitant of a northern U.S. state, especially a Union soldier during the Civil War.
A native or inhabitant of the United States.
Cuban
get on one's feet
swiftly
A Cuban gets on his feet and says: "Hey, my brother, you know I haven't had any food yet?"
Fidel answered swiftly: "Then don't go to sleep..."
certainPRONOUN
An indefinite but limited number; some: Certain of the products are faulty.
addressingTRANSITIVE VERB
To make a formal speech to.
speechNOUN
The faculty or act of speaking.
miseryNOUN
The state of suffering and want as a result of physical circumstances or extreme poverty.
povertyNOUN
The state of being poor; lack of the means of providing material needs or comforts.
yakeesNOUN
A native or inhabitant of New England.
A native or inhabitant of a northern U.S. state, especially a Union soldier during the Civil War.
A native or inhabitant of the United States.
Cuban
get on one's feet
swiftly