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Metaphors dictionary 6,500 comparative phrases, including 800 Shakespearean metaphors

A masterful metaphor, like a picture, may be worth a thousand words. By comparing two unlike objects or ideas, it illuminates the similarities between them, accomplishing in a word or phrase what could otherwise be expressed only in many words, if at all. This title offers a collection of 6,500 colorful contemporary comparative phrases.
Print Book, English, 2001
Visible Ink Press, Detroit, 2001
XLVI, 612 Seiten
9781578591374, 1578591376
1029249457
Literaturverzeichnis Seite 509-525
Mit Author/Speaker Index und Subject Index