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METAPHOR
A metaphor is a combination of vocabulary items we use to express a particular feeling or encourage imagination, e.g.: her sunny smile, have a big head, purr with delight, a sun-drenched beach, pull strings.
1. Compound adjectives and nouns as metaphors – some compounds are always metaphorical – they have a meaning that each part of the compound doesn’t have. A bloodbath is never “a bath full of blood”; the compound has only the meaning of “a massacre”. Other examples that are always metaphorical include:
mind games, nutcase, thought reader (BrE) / mind reader (AmE), hit the roof, paint the town red, walk in someone’s shoes, have a bone to pick with someone, narrow-minded, warm-hearted, hard-bitten, green-fingered (BrE) / have a green thumb (AmE), soul-searching, dead-end
2. Single words used metaphorically – we can also use many single words in metaphorical contexts:
I hope this will have cushioned your loss.
Seeing him on stage fired my enthusiasm.
She just froze when she saw her ex-boyfriend.
I didn’t think she’d have the bottle to ask.
3. Idiomatic phrases – some idiomatic phrases are combinations of two words connected with and or or, for example come rain or shine. The pairs have a fixed order:
She was the soul and life of the party / life and soul of the party.
Everyone has their highs and lows.
Making mistakes is part and parcel of growing up.
I’ll move heaven and earth to achieve my goal.
This selling season is make or break for the car industry.
She may act strangely, but live and let live is what I always say.
PRACTICE
1. Put the corresponding letter of the right word into the blank of each sentence.
1. The bride suddenly turned on her heels and ………… out of the church.
a. soared b. accelerated c. flew
2. Don’t you think the British sometimes have a rather ………… sense of humour?
a. creased b. warped c. chipped
3. There would be a ………… of protest if they showed the victims on TV?
a. sea b. stream c. storm
4. There’s been a ………… of public sympathy since her death.
a. wave b. sea c. river
5. I could have been one of the ………… of the game of golf.
a. monsters b. mountains c. giants
6. Mum’s so good to us, she’s an absolute ……………
a. fairy b. angel c. nurse
7. My brother was a ………… of strength through all the problems I had.
a. tower b. heap c. mountain
8. I wish you would be absolutely …………… with me.
a. bent b. crooked c. straight
9. The Prime Minister is trying to put the …………… on the economy.
a. accelerator b. brakes c. gears
10. The boy in the flat above ours is becoming a real …………… for his parents.
a. backache b. toothache c. headache
2. Put the corresponding letter of the right word into the blank of each sentence.
1. You’ll have to be on your ………… if you want to beat her.
a. finger b. feet c. toes
2. These girl pop groups are heading for a …………
a. drop b. fall c. trip
3. A rise in interest rates at the time would have thrown our plans out of …………
a. place b. half c. gear
4. With all these scandals, she’s never off the …………
a. front pages b. headlines c. tabloids
5. Why do you always walk at a ………… pace?
a. snail’s b. tortoise’s c. snake’s
6. I wouldn’t marry him – not in a ………… years!
a. hundred b. million c. billion
7. He’d have been over the ………… if he’d been selected for that management course.
a. world b. moon c. sun
8. Aim for the ………... and you’re bound to be a success.
a. planets b. moon c. stars
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