1.What does 'He's wound up tighter than a drum' mean? It's a mixed metaphor/simile for tension, but it used to be quite popular. The coil springs which powered old fashioned toys were wound up with a key. We used to wind our

Slang moves much faster than I do! There are probably more than a million people contributing to Urban Dictionary. Some contributions are accepted , some rejected . I suppose "slam-dunk" is itself a slang term, but the usage you propose

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,

Yes, it is you. Usually I agree with you Alan, but my god. Instead of trying to force the storytelling ... of the characters very well. There are papers written about it, I think, too lazy to find them for you. Yes, well, I too could write a paper

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:

Hi all Is the author speaking metaphorically in the last sentence? Does the phrase 'a matter of' have this effect? "...And our health facilities are at the coalface, not just of influenza, but of many potential killers, such as

What the heck are you talking about?! Just write as many examples you can think of that are good. It will really help all the people that are confused with metaphors and need help to think of one.

"bottlered" EXT. ALLEY EVENING Henry arrives in his tux. Julius strolls out to meet him. JULIUS Overdressed, aren't you? HENRY Where is she? I want to see her. Julius nods to one of his men. He goes into the building they came out of

Hello BlueDevil and welcome to the forum. I know that the expression "implied metaphor' is used by some people, but I don't like it because: A simile is an explicit parallel - She came into the room like a ship in full sail . A

The basics are: 1. simile - similarity 2. metaphor - substitution 3. metonymy - association 1. The boss is acting like a tiger. 2. The boss is a tiger in staff meetings. 3. The tiger called another meeting for this afternoon. (where we