By Metaphors, Weddings

In a certain grammar book I found the following sentences under the section of metaphor: 1: The fiery comet of a politician blazed across the local scene. 2: The Cubs are like the perennial best man at a wedding. Please explain me the meaning of above sentences.

EVOLUTION, NOT REVOLUTION: A paradigm of urban upgrading in Arab villages and refugees' cores in Israel PROLOGUE Like most of Arab localities in Israel, Kabul village has its unique history since Canaanite period. It is located fifteen kilometers to the east of Acre at north Israel. After...

Dear Andrewdust: As I promised, I have reviewed your short story and taken the liberty of making suggested corrections. Again, I want to congratulate you on a well written document. You have real talent that you should continue to develop. I would suggest that you purchase "The Elements of...

Have you read the description of it in the Illiad? It is, as I recall, in book 18, lines 400-and-something through somewhere in the 600s. Sun, Moon & Stars. In the two cities, one is at war, the other is in peace (wedding celebration and justice being arrived at, as I recall). Then rural...