Hello and welcome to The English We Speak,
where we explain expressions used by fluent English speakers so that you can use them too.
I'm Feifei and I'm joined by Georgie.
How are you, Georgie?
I'm very well, thank you, Feifei.
How are you?
Very well, thank you.
So what's the phrase we're learning in this programme?
We are learning come full circle.
Now, imagine you walk in a circle around a tree, for example.
If you come full circle, you end in the same position that you started.
And that's a very literal way of explaining come full circle,
but it's mostly used metaphorically, isn't it?
Yes, it means you return to a starting point, but not in a negative way.
For example,
imagine someone has a low-level position in a company and they decide to get a different job to gain experience.
Then they come back to the original company with a senior position.
They've come full circle.
Yes, now that person has returned to where they began,
but with a new sense of growth and new perspective.