Figures of speech
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FIGURES OF SPEECH Identify and explain the following figures of speech I want to die young at a ripe old age. He paid the workers $5 per head. She is no Hamlet in politics. How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank. The heart of the matter A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears. Give everyman thine ear, but few thy voice. A fleet of 40 sails The convict was thrown into the condemned cell. We are living in a sad world. All the wit and learned of the world A flood of questions Uncle Sam I have read all of Milton. Australia beat Canada at cricket. Cotton suits you. He glanced at the dew-covered grass, and it winked back at him. How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, stolen on his wing me three and twentieth year. The most effective waterpower in the road is women’s tear. And I will love you still, my dear; Till the seas gone dry, And the rocks melt in the sun. Last week I saw a woman flayed, and you will hardly believe how much it altered her person for the worse. He is not the brightest person in the world. We are caught in war, wanting peace. We are torn by division, wanting unity. A reeling road, a rolling road that rambles around the shire We’ll see you when you get back from image enhancement camp. You have got a prime figure. You really have, you know. Industrial action, unlawful combatant, courtesy reminder, mentally deficient, relieve misery, full-figured, of modest means, handicapped, sanitation worker, be at rest, past one’s prime, under-achiever, maintenance worker Though this is madness, yet there is method in it. Someday you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. I know that I know nothing. Health food makes me sick. The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep. I think we’ve reached a point of great decision, not just for our nation, not only for all humanity, but for life upon the earth. It is raining cats and dogs. In June, the clouds are cushion in the mid-day sky. The lawyers were waiting for a decision from the bench. My wit is folly, my day is night, my love is hate, my sleep walking. Two minds are better than one. When you decide to give her a ring, give us a ring. Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget. The best brains of our country Death, be not proud. I came, I saw, I won. Seven days without water makes me weak. Money is a bottomless sea, in which honor, conscience and truth may be drowned. Learning is climbing up the mountain. What you learned in the cradle is carried to the grave. His health made our team lose a strong arm. The ground is thirsty. A righteous man shall be like a tree, planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruits in its season. He was not underweight. Let us go forth to lead the land we love. Red coats, blue jackets, blue collar workers My transportation broke down. The comedy had them rolling in the aisles. Only darkness is visible. Death lays his icy hand on the King. The conflict between reformers and dinosaurs has never been so raw or exposed. The Korean guard flashed out his board of hand. Daylight is coming like a relentless milkman upstairs. The issue is to be stuck on the back burner. ….but current thinking suggests that as we sail into the next millennium, we may want to batten down the hatches. It looks like we are in for nasty weather. A message say so merely confirms a piece of news some secret vein had already received, severing from me an irreplaceable part of myself, letting it loose like a kite on a broken string. That is why, walking across the school campus on this particular December morning, I keep searching the sky as if I expected to see a lost pair of kites hurrying towards heaven. I think the machine is being uncooperative. She smiles and the whole world is happy. I lost my wallet and the key to the apartment last night. Was I lucky enough? What flower does everybody have on their face? Everybody has tulips on their face. Thinking logically, speaking eloquently, and writing explicitly are important elements of good communication. Now is the time to forget everything in the past. Now is the time to get down to business. Now is the time to work hard for the future. His wife now needs to eat for two. The enemy fled in blind haste. Sleepy language Victorious defeat He has a smooth tongue. tải về 37.5 Kb. Chia sẻ với bạn bè của bạn:
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