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Metaphors Dictionary: 6,500 Comparative Phrases, including 800 Shakespearean Metaphors
Elyse Sommer
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Metaphors Dictionary: 6,500 Comparative Phrases, including 800 Shakespearean Metaphors
Elyse Sommer
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.
Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 509-525) and indexes. Review Quotes: "Rates a recommendation to lovers of language."-- William Safire, "New York Times" "The most comprehensive work of its kind. A valuable addition to reference works on words."-- "Booklist" "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 47Publisher Marketing: Contains 6,500 phrases organized under 500 themes, including aloneness, death, love, and peace. Review Citations:
Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/2004 pg. 238 (EAN 9781578591374, Hardcover)
Wilson Public Library Catalog 12/31/2008 pg. 335 (EAN 9781578591374, Hardcover)
Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2011 pg. 243 (EAN 9781578591374, Hardcover)
Booklist 04/01/1995 pg. 1444 (EAN 9780810391499, Hardcover)
Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/1995 pg. 51 (EAN 9780810391499, Hardcover)
Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/1998 pg. 234 (EAN 9780810391499, Hardcover)
Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/1996 pg. 25 (EAN 9780810391499, Hardcover)
Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/1997 pg. 147 (EAN 9780810391499, Hardcover)
Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2002 pg. 147 (EAN 9780810391499, Hardcover)
ALA Ref Srces for Small/Med Li 01/01/2000 pg. 120 (EAN 9780810391499, Hardcover)
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | September 13, 2001 |
| ISBN13 | 9781578591374 |
| Publishers | Visible Ink Press |
| Pages | 626 |
| Dimensions | 247 × 199 × 45 mm · 1.40 kg |
| Language | English |
