That heart is countable is irrelevant. man without an article means mankind, all people, both men and women. man without an article does not mean any particular man. Of course, not all of mankind together can literally have one heart, so this is

These seem to be Christian-based or other religious phrases. In this kind of writing, metaphor is used heavily, and most any meanings or metaphors may be utilized-- often, coined ones. Taking that into consideration, the phrases seem reasonable

Hi Tinanam; It "The president rode into office on a tide of discontent" This is a wonderful metaphor, as aonther poster beautifully explained concerning the physical tides of the oceans and seas on earth. Have you seen surfers on

Avangi -- I thought it was pretty funny that you said you were taking the sentence literally , and then explained that "gets toast" is the same as "becomes toast" which could mean "exploded." Yes, "gets' can

Hello! I am a university student from Russia. We have to write quite a lot of essays as part of our English course. However, every term we get a new teacher, this is just how the system works, and all teachers are quite different in how they

So, there's a thing on the teevee about Palin's book Going Rouge. Around 400 pages, all of it in her own words, everybody's amazed that she's managed to finish something, etc, etc.  Apparently she'd moved her whole family,

Anything of good quality. That is, it may be used poetically, as a metaphor. I'm not sure about British English.

Use Google Search for the word 'metaphor' and you will find thousands of examples.

Please give me some examples of a metaphor

This sounds like homework. I'll give you the metaphor, but you must figure out the meaning and make a sentence: She's a peach!