Hi, Razer. If I may answer in a humorous vein, one bad analogy ("the weakest form of argument") deserves another. To use the fact noun X has both a countable and non-countable use, as a proof that noun Y should also; is about as futile

1) Wait ! I have a score to settle with you. What does score meaning? what is the analogy of score in the sentence? Thanks

This saying is just from the Star Wars series. It means "Goodbye". I don't consider it to be a metaphor. The old meaning of Goodbye is "God be with you", so it is more like an analogy.

I've been reading a lot of spec scripts recently, and this is the blandest I have ever come across. Here's Page 1: INT. HOUSE - LATE AFTERNOON WALTER VALE, sixty-two, is standing by the window of his modestly furnished Colonial house. He

To "raise the bar" usually means "to set or achieve higher standards" (the analogy is with a high-jump competition -- at least, that's what I've always assumed). Here the author is using it in the opposite sense of

1) Probably Pope is refering to Nature as a work of God, the same way we refer to Art as the work of an artist / creator. If you look at art carefully, there are sometimes lots of symbols and mysteries, as intended by the artist. This is an

Hi, Then how would you interpret this 'drawings for children', Clive? The more narrowly a theory is defined by and agrees with experimental or observational facts, the more secure its status. It's rather as in those

Hi, I take it that "To fall short of the mark" means "not to perform up to expectations" (to use an analogy in sports, as if the javelin, flung by an athlete, fell short of the desired mark) Am I right? Also,

"Keep us informed on " would work for a return which is already in progress. By analogy with "Keep us informed on progress" (for example), I guess that ought to be so, but because "on their/my/your/etc. return"

The sequence of events is still clear, so isn't the Past Perfect optional in your example? Yes, probably. It was the first thing that came into my head. Still, if you do use the past perfect here (irrespective of whether you actually