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Steven wu Posted 7 years ago
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Coffin of an overcoat
In the following sentence, I don't understand the meaning of 'coffin of an overcoat'.
Is that metaphor; 'coffin is overcoat'?
Please explain to me!
"She turns around on a street off Broadway and sees only another New Yorker in his or her coffin of an overcoat."
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The overcoat is like a coffin—bulky and somber. We say things like "a mountain of a man" when a man is large. It's a way of expressing a metaphor.
- The overcoat is like a coffin—bulky and somber.
- We say things like "a mountain of a man" when a man is large.
- It's a way of expressing a metaphor.
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The overcoat is like a coffin—bulky and somber. We say things like "a mountain of a man" when a man is large. It's a way of expressing a metaphor.
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