What does it mean?
Good chances often don't look exciting – they look like hard work, so most people walk past them. The joke is that opportunity is "dressed" like a worker.
Key vocabulary
- overalls
- loose work clothes worn over other clothes to keep them clean
Who said it?
Thomas Edison: American inventor (1847–1931).
These exact words are widely credited to Thomas Edison, but they don’t appear in their known work. They may be a later paraphrase or a misattribution.