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A figure of speech to illustrate the irreversibility of an action
figures-of-speech
Meaning of "I shut my eyes to hold my breath"
meaning
phrase-meaning
figures-of-speech
lyrics
What is the origin of "in a jiffy"?
etymology
orthography
figures-of-speech
"A whole nother" way of looking at things
slang
colloquialisms
figures-of-speech
rhetoric
metanalysis
Of the difference between zeugma and syllepsis
figures-of-speech
syllepsis
zeugma
"Childlessness is hereditary in our family" What do you call a statement containing a contradiction such as the example?
single-word-requests
terminology
figures-of-speech
logic
What is the difference between metonymy and synecdoche?
differences
figures-of-speech
metonyms
synecdoche
Similes and Metaphors - are similes a subset of metaphors?
figures-of-speech
metaphors
simile
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