Dear Teachers,
I read this from Reaching Out In Love: Stories Told by Mother Teresa:
“…the commercials were all about different varieties of packaged bread andother foods, commended to viewers as being non-fattening and nonnourishing. It took a little time for the irony to strike home, for Mother Teresa’s own constant preoccupation was to find the wherewithal to nourish the starving …”
What does “It took a little time for the irony to strike home” mean?