jeff_999  +  147070 Wed, 12 Oct 05 08:23 AM Yep, the answer is melody/spoken. Actually I didn't mean metaphor/literal are antonymous. I meant the first words of two pairs suggest something in a higher level than the second ones. (Maybe higher is not an appropriate term.) jeff_999 Joined on Wed, Oct 20 2004 Xiamen Regular Member 817 Metaphors, Analogies

	hitchhiker  +  149729 Thu, 20 Oct 05 09:19 AM See also: Examples of metaphors hitchhiker Joined on Mon, Nov 18 2002 Richmond, UK Senior Member 4,036 Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea - massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind-boggling amounts of excrement... Examples of Metaphors, Metaphors, Analogies