In Negatives^x, Metaphors^x

In my experience, "stir up" is not a common "compound noun." "Mix up" is, but doesn't fit your application.The verb usage is much more common. "He stirred up a whole bunch of crap" (pardon the vernacular). "He really stirred something up when he...

The meal hit a sensitive point, which could be IMO either positive or negative: Sea Kayaking the British Columbia Coast - Meals... meals served on our trips are the kind of food that hits that spot that everyone mentions when their meal has hit 'the spot'. Caitlyn does the grocery ... ...

Anonymous wrote: Dear friends, The author was talking about the reason why there are so few women working in the computer game industry: "It's not so much that women look at the computer game industry and discard the idea of working in it. It's that the computer game industry just never even...

Clive wrote: Hi, When I read your list, I'm struck by two things. 1. The metaphors listed by Orwell are certainly taking a long time to die. Most of them are still in wide use today. 2. All of the words he listed as pretentious seem to me, today, to be part of standard English with no...

Hi, When I read your list, I'm struck by two things. 1. The metaphors listed by Orwell are certainly taking a long time to die. Most of them are still in wide use today. 2. All of the words he listed as pretentious seem to me, today, to be part of standard English with no negative...

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1. You're darn right. I believe the phrase is “you are damned right”. It’s a phrase with a negative connotation which means you are agreeing with someone’s question in a sarcastic may. It’s not a polite phrase to use in a normal setting. 2. - The manager promised she would fix the...

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The song lyrics in question contain multiple mixed metaphors or metaphoric language but no single consistent metaphor. "shadows" is metaphoric for negative influences, I assume. "nightmare" is metaphoric for terrible times, I assume. "chains" seem to be a reference to some sort of...

"Originally, most intellectual criticism of mass culture was negative in character, being based on the assumption that the wider the appeal, the more shoddy the product." 1. This sentence would relate primarily to "mass culture", e.g. popular films, music, books, not "mass-produced goods"....