New posts in figures-of-speech

99% of people would do x

figures-of-speech

Meaning of "non-normative"?

meaning vocabulary figures-of-speech

"Carved from the living rock" — since when was rock ever alive?

etymology figures-of-speech

Let me know your availability [closed]

american-english politeness figures-of-speech social-interaction

Idiom meaning to talk about something everyone already knows

idiom-requests figures-of-speech

What is funny in this paraprosdokian?

meaning figures-of-speech humor attachment-ambiguity

HYPALLAGE: He nodded his agreeing head

syntactic-analysis figures-of-speech

What is the term for repetition of an initial syllable in successive words?

figures-of-speech alliteration

What is the difference between “metaphorical”, “allegorical”, and “figurative”?

word-choice differences figures-of-speech

Is there a figurative term equivalent to the German idiom "Fingerübung"?

single-word-requests phrase-requests translation figures-of-speech

Possession and personification

grammar figures-of-speech personification

Are "I scream" and "Ice cream" homophones, or do we have another term here?

linguistics figures-of-speech obscure-terms

“A government of the people, by the people, for the people”

prepositions figures-of-speech politics

What is a synonym for "jack of all trades, master of none"?

synonyms figures-of-speech

Where does the phrase "Scare the Dickens out of..." originate from?

etymology expressions idioms figures-of-speech

When is the phrase, “Are you sitting down?” used, and what does it exactly mean?

usage phrase-meaning figures-of-speech

Origin and meaning of "You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar"

meaning expressions figures-of-speech

The Yellow Wallpaper - What does *Smooch* mean?

meaning phrases figures-of-speech

What is the term to describe the use of "City Hall" in "you can't fight City Hall"?

american-english parts-of-speech figures-of-speech

Is there a word for when you use an abstract noun in a concrete sense? [closed]

terminology figures-of-speech