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Hi,Ellisa.E3, Extending word use Words have different meanings according to different contexts as well as different usages. Words also can also be used as metaphorical meanings to express our feelings about things which creates images gradually. Even some metaphors...

Hello teachers!I'm summarising my texts book and it's not easy to make grammatically right sentences.Please check the wrong grammar for me.Thanks in advance!!! E3, Extending word use Words have different meanings according to different contexts as well as different...

The prices are feeling faint (!), starting to lose consciousness (!), and feeling weak in the knees (!). It won't be long before they hit the floor.The expression is based on the metaphor "Up is valuable; down is worthless." Houses are currently losing their value.CJ

hi, it's my essay for uni ... but im really bad at grammars and writing... so could you please check and correct or point out the problems or mistakes for me..by the way it's about semiotic analysis... thanks !Advertising is a form of communication that typically aims to persuade...

I would agree with Avangi; in BrE, it tends to express a) contempt for the addressee b) contempt for the subject under discussion. The underlying metaphor is "take that subject and forcefully insert it up your posterior". (It's a fairly vigorous expression; though of course...

Ah, a complicated one. Are you familiar with the Sword of Damocles? (You can look it up, but here's the key part, from Wikipedia: The Sword of Damocles is frequently used in allusion to this tale, epitomizing the imminent and ever-present peril faced by those in positions of power. More...

My view is that there's no difference at all, except that the second version is more awkward.There's nothing else it can possibly refer to. In the introduction, you mentioned that the problem is (that it cannot account for metaphors).In other words, you're saying parenthetically that...

Stephen Conway 1995 Literature and Virtue in Sidney’s “Apology for Poetry” In "An Apology for Poetry" Sir Philip Sidney attempts to reassert the fundamental importance of literature to society in general as well as to other creative and intellectual...

 A Metaphor is a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity

I'd say yes, yes, and yes. It's sort of a double-barreled metaphor. It's nice when you can do that. It gives the metaphor more power. In poker, there was a big pot on the table and nobody claimed it (won it.) A common negotiating expression is, "everything is on the...