“According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.”

What does it mean?

If people fear public speaking more than dying, then logically they would rather be the dead person at a funeral than the one giving the speech.

Key vocabulary

casket

a box for a dead body; a coffin

eulogy

a speech at a funeral about the person who died

better off

in a better situation