"If it's not one thing, it's another. We just get used to doing things one way and suddenly that's not good enough anymore. It's a new machine here, a new manager there, changing customer demands-it never ends!" This is an example of ________.
A) the water over the dam metaphor
B) the calm waters metaphor
C) the white-water rapids metaphor
D) the falling water metaphor

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This statement describes the feeling of constantly having to adapt to changing circumstances, much like navigating through white-water rapids. The other options do not fit as well, as the water over the dam metaphor suggests something that cannot be changed, the calm waters metaphor implies an easy and steady environment, and the falling water metaphor implies something sudden and uncontrollable.

"If It's Not One Thing, It's Another