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Metaphor may also be used for any rhetorical figures of speech that achieve their effects via association, comparison or resemblance. In this broader sense, antithesis, hyperbole, metonymy and simile would all be considered types of metaphor. Aristotle used both this sense and the regular, current sense above. [1]
Sky Island is a 1912 book by L. Frank Baum with the titular area split between the Kingdom of the Blues and the Pinks. The Flying Islands of the Night (1913) by James Whitcomb Riley, with illustrations by Franklin Booth. [12] "Cities in the Air" by Edmond Hamilton (Air Wonder Stories, November–December 1929).
As a response to an unlikely proposition, "when pigs fly", "when pigs have wings", or simply "pigs might fly". [1] "When Hell freezes over" [2] and "A cold day in Hell" [3] are based on the understanding that Hell is eternally an extremely hot place. The "Twelfth of Never" will never come to pass. [4]
In Taoism and Taoist art, flying carpets were used as poetic metaphors for the ability of flight xian had. [8] In Tibetan Tantric Buddhism, a paper carpet were thought to be able to fly for "adept[s]". [9] A. Bertram Chandler's novelette "The Magic, Magic Carpet" was the cover story for the October 1959 issue of Fantastic
It is based on the reddish glow of the morning or evening sky, caused by trapped particles scattering the blue light from the sun in a stable air mass. [ 5 ] If the morning skies are of an orange-red glow, it signifies a high-pressure air mass with stable air trapping particles, like dust, which scatters the sun's blue light.
"When pigs fly" is an adynaton, a way of saying that something will never happen. The phrase is often used for humorous effect, to scoff at over-ambition. There are numerous variations on the theme; when an individual with a reputation for failure finally succeeds, onlookers may sarcastically claim to see a flying pig. ("Hey look!
Rocket on cover of Other Worlds sci-fi magazine, September 1951. Space travel, [1]: 69 [2]: 209–210 [3]: 511–512 or space flight [2]: 200–201 [4] (less often, starfaring or star voyaging [2]: 217, 220 ) is a science fiction theme that has captivated the public and is almost archetypal for science fiction. [4]
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