Metaphors Dictionary
6,500 Comparative Phrases, including 800 Shakespearean Metaphors
Published on 13. September 2001
Book
Hardback
626 pages
978-1-57859-137-4 (ISBN)
Description
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. Metaphors Dictionary is an expansive collection of 6,500 colorful classic and contemporary comparative phrases (with full annotations and a complete bibliography of sources). The Metaphors Dictionary revisits most of the great names in the annals of cultural literacy while dipping into current media too.
Reviews / Votes
"The most comprehensive work of its kind. A valuable addition to reference works on words." - Booklist"Rates a recommendation to lovers of language." - William Safire, The New York Times
"A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic." - Roy Blount metaphor, Page 47
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Canton, MI
United States
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 196 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
1407 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57859-137-4 (9781578591374)
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