like you see a fire hydrant and you start laughing at it.
Well transparent means you can see right through it, it's clear. But translucent means you can see through but it's not as easy to see through sort of like sheer curtains or something lol, hope that made sense lol. So like the mineral gold would be opaque
'cleaning house' is a tool used by companies to bring in a different set of management. Usually it is justified if the sales of the company are slumping, and use excuse to change out many positions. Unfortunately, the bad apples are thrown out withe the good apples.