In Metaphors^x

The Alabama girl steps up to the plate... 1) Judging from the tune, I would say it's the first choice. "We will never forget our experiences in the region," rather than "In that region, people cling to memories of the past." Although the second is certainly true enough :)...

No, this fellow actually worked at an iron processing plant. It's not a metaphor.

Does anyone know a synonym for the phrase "living life to its fullest" or something that conveys the idea of evaluating every minute by living it?if you know of any good web-sites helping in understanding or finding idioms, metaphors or other phrases, I'd appreciate if you told...

As to this point, the whole article is kinda a metaphor; they're comparing plant husbandry with child education. Thanks and Regards! Maple

It very much depends on the context..it could be a metaphor or a symbol.

Mule it is! (The common metaphor I was thinking of is "stubburn as a mule" and mulish means stubborn.) Good job!

It is an animal! It is used to desribe a person though, as part of a common metaphor.

Well, I'll reword my question.In our culture, we know the metaphor of "snow in June", which is used to describe a great grievance or wrong, like an innocent person is sentenced to death. So now my question is what winter in July describes in your English speaking world. (To be...

Don't just let life pass you by like winter in July.What does winter in July mean? And by the way, do you prefer to call this figure of speech a simile or a metaphor?

When it really counts, meaning is almost never communicated according to the conduit metaphor, that is, where one person transmits a fixed, clear proposition to another by means of expressions in a common language, where both parties have all the relevant common knowledge, assumptions, values,...