metaphors

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"Your hair is a chicken salad" and other metaphors are hard to understand

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (52149) • Staten Island, New York 29 Oct 18

So I am currently reading this poetry book called Falling Hard (edited by Betsy Franco) that features 100 love poems written by teens. Yesterday, I stumbled upon one poem called "Look at my feet" (written by 16-yr-old...

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A Good Egg

Amber @AmbiePam (120806) • United States 27 Mar 18

I can't remember the first time I heard someone referred to as a "good egg", but it's basically saying that a person is definitely a keeper. Mylot has some really good eggs, and I just wanted to spotlight two: @GardenGerty and...

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'Lip Service'

Inlemay @Inlemay (17712) • South Africa 13 Jul 16

During a response and rebuttal with a fellow follower @Marcyaz on mylot, I heard (metaphorically speaking - which is a double metaphor because clearly we cannot speak here) the phrase "Lip Service" . . one which I have not...

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What should Relationships be like? Answer: like chopsticks!

canaussie @canaussie (221) • Australia 1 Oct 10

I viewed a short clip that answers what a successful relationship should be like and the speaker simply compared it to chopsticks. Here's the comparison: That relationship like chopsticks: * must be held neither too loose nor...

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Do you take the bible literally or metaphorically on prophecy?

EvanHunter @EvanHunter (4026) • United States 29 Jan 10

But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. Some people are looking at this scripture in new light and meaning as they look at the current world around them. It used to be understood that it meant...

literal meaning

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Can anyone help me?

teddy @m_5ugar (1013) • Malaysia 30 Jul 09

I want to search for free stories or metaphors. Did anybody know where to find it?

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Need some help here.

teddy @m_5ugar (1013) • Malaysia 30 Jul 09

Can anyone help me? I have been searching for quite some times for stories or metaphors. Did anybody know where to find some free stories and metaphors?

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The interesting concept of time.

alokn99 @alokn99 (5717) • India 27 Jan 09

I was reading something about the concept of time and found it very intriguing to learn about how time is concieved with metaphors. [i]Live for today. The morning went by. How far is it to your wedding ? [/i] It...

concept of time

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Precognitive death dreams that come true - What do they mean?

handsomeitaliano @handsomeitaliano (1050) • United States 26 Dec 08

10 years ago... September 1998, I had a dream, while my best pal and I were in 7th grade, that his mom died by jumping off a building. Then, he did followed her footsteps, killing himself b'cuz of her. It didn't make sense at...

dream interpretation

precognitive dreams

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Beavers, Beavers & More Beavers...

dodoguy @dodoguy (1292) • Australia 8 Jun 08

Hello fellow Mounties, I picked Canada because I hear there's a lot of beavers in them there parts... And that's something along the lines of what cheeses me off here. There's a TV ad here in Oz which has a bunch of women...

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Help with Metaphors.

badkat83 @badkat83 (1620) • United States 14 Mar 07

i am helping my son with a book report and no matter how many times i look up metaphors i cannot find them in my sons book. he cannot find any either. does anyone have any ideaas on how to find metaphors?

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Are you a genius... you are if you can read this!!!

fxysxysrkly @fxysxysrkly (619) • United States 3 Jan 07

You are a genius and very smart if you are able to read the paragraph!!! Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist...

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calvin and hobbes = fight club?

sootix @sootix (92) • India 17 Dec 06

there has been a lot of speculation about how alike calvin and hobbes are to the characters 'jack' and 'tyler' in fight club, with in fact, susie growing up to actually not being the sweet girl that she's shown in the strip, but...

calvin and hobbes

calvin and hobbes

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