'Doubling down' is originally (I think) a poker term. In the game of Blackjack, one rule is that if the first two cards dealt you are of the same value (two kings, two sevens, etc), then you have the option of separating them face downward,

can you give me a example of a metaphor? Lawyers are sharks. The Johnson twins are clowns in class. Her husband was a rock during her illness. What he said was music to my ears. Luke is an open book. A second chick is an insurance policy for

It comes from William Barrett Travis, the commander at the Battle of the Alamo. How Mr Pedantic uses the reasoning it may not be from there because the Mexicans would then leave is completely nonsensical. Travis drew the line in the sand

Winter Analysis This poem by Shakespeare is divided in two stanzas with nine lines each. The meaning of the words Icicle: thin point stick of ice that hangs down from something such as a roof. : name of person. Shepherd:

1. When he says "they were in charge of their own lives", does he mean "in control of their own lives" or maybe responsible for their own lives? Yes 2. "no one hears them speak" - is it some metaphor, or maybe they

Hi guys! I'm just not sure if the last sentence is a metaphor or should be taken literally. There are two guys, a singer and a music producer, and the singer played his song (on a tape) to a producer called Jimmy. Then he started explaining to

New York Times November 14, 1994 Exploring the Links Between Depression, Writers and Suicide By WILLIAM GRIMES When the poet Anne Sexton learned of Sylvia Plath's suicide in 1963, she was horrified. "That death was mine," she said.

The images overlap. It's quite common to say that A's brilliance is obscurred (OR outshone) by their companion, B. The moon can be obscurred by dark clouds; or when the sun comes up, sometimes we no longer notice the moon simply because

I'm discussing hyperbole first in order to help clarify what I mean by the phrase "rarely articulated rules" in my title. Also, I beg forgiveness for any poor grammar. I'm trying to articulate a rather difficult concept in a

I came up with chords voicings where there was no third, basically you play the root with a fifth and the octave of the root, with maybe some other intervals in there. It worked quite well because it kept the canvas completely open . It is the