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ACKACKACK823 Posted 8 years ago
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Is this a metaphor?
"and the air smelt salty cold."page 3, Beowolf by Robert Nye.
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The phrase is only minimally figurative. We taste salt; we don't smell it. We feel the cold; we don't smell it.
- The phrase is only minimally figurative.
- We taste salt; we don't smell it.
- We feel the cold; we don't smell it.
- I would not say that you're dealing with a metaphor there.
- CJ
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The phrase is only minimally figurative.
We taste salt; we don't smell it.
We feel the cold; we don't smell it.
I would not say that you're dealing with a metaphor there.
CJ
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