By Idioms, Metaphors

Mr. MM you are right. It's not an idiom, but a metaphor and relates to Marthin Luther King's march that ended in Selma Bridge.

. I don't know because I am not familiar with the context of your quote. Did you read the link I gave you? Then apply it to the situation. It is not an idiom-- though it may be a metaphor..

Cool off = become calmerCool down = allow the body to return to its normal temperature. In your sentence, either might be used, as the second idiom can be used as a metaphor for allowing the temper to cool down.

When you are writing in longhand, in "script" or "cursive" you keep writing letters and don't stop to dot the i's or the j's, or cross the t's. You go back and do that after you write the entire word. Sometimes, you write so fast that you forget to go back and...

As you discovered, this idiom can mean many things depending on the context.Mostly people yell. Sometimes, somebody takes a swing. ?? It can mean literally hitting or trying to hit someone - Hillary Clinton takes a swing at sports metaphors. it can mean to attempt something - Mike Tyson Film...

.These are metaphors, or perhaps anthropomorphization. Cities cannot really choke or have visions; people do.At a crossroads is an idiom: at the point where a decision must be made. We are at a crossroads where we must choose between more talk and plain old hard work. Based on the literal...

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

Wow, talking about mixing your metaphors! I've always heard it as separating the wheat (not the corn) from the chaff. This means "to choose what is of high quality over what is of lower quality" (http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/separate+the+wheat+from+the+chaff). Where the rubber meets the...

I would agree that "catch up to" hasn't yet caught on, in BrE; but I wouldn't myself object to "catch up with someone", in a motive context. In fact, I would have taken the idiom "catch up with someone" (in the "news" sense) to be a metaphor from the "motion" sense. MrP