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,

Similes are a form of mataphor. He is as strong as an ox. That's a simile. This link may answer all the questions on the topic. http://www.copyblogger.com/metaphor-simile-and-analogy-what%E2%80%99s-the-difference/ Metaphor A

metaphor is a figure of speech comparing two things, saying that one is the other. example: She is a sun that brightens my day. comparison between sun and she

He was drowned in the raging torrent. His speech was drowned by the rabble. His plea was drowned in/by the clatter of hooves. It seems possible to me that we're confusing "drowned" as a metaphor with " drowned out " as an

What leads us to use "in" when "drowned" is used literally and "in/by" when it is metaphoric? He was drowned in the raging torrent. His speech was drowned by the rabble. His plea was drowned in/by the clatter of

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