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The hedgehog's dilemma, or sometimes the porcupine dilemma, is a metaphor about the challenges of human intimacy. It describes a situation in which a group of hedgehogs seek to move close to one another to share heat during cold weather. They must remain apart, however, as they cannot avoid hurting one another with their sharp spines. Though ...
A list of metaphors in the English language organised alphabetically by type. A metaphor is a literary figure of speech that uses an image, story or tangible thing to represent a less tangible thing or some intangible quality or idea; e.g., "Her eyes were glistening jewels".
Willy-nilly is an English-language idiom and a slang which describes an activity, an action or event that is done in a disorganized, unplanned, or vacillating manner. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The term is derived from Shakespearian expression " will ye, nill ye ", which is a contraction that means “whether one wants to or not.” [ 4 ]
The movie's title, 'Rat Trap,' is a metaphor for a state of oblivion to changes in the external world, such as the disintegration of the feudal system in which some are caught, leading to irrelevance and destruction. The film is set in the now derelict manor house of an aristocratic family that has obviously seen better days.
In English the word smorgasbord refers loosely to any buffet with a variety of dishes (as well as a metaphor for a variety or collection of anything, particularly an extensive or disorganized one), and is not necessarily used to reference traditional Swedish cuisine.
7 Ways Being Disorganized Costs You Hundreds of Dollars Every Year. Gabrielle Olya. November 14, 2024 at 12:00 PM. Natee Meepian / Getty Images/iStockphoto.
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The following is a list of common metonyms. [n 1] A metonym is a figure of speech used in rhetoric in which a thing or concept is not called by its own name, but by the name of something intimately associated with that thing or concept.