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Mr. Tom Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Madame Tussauds mirrors

Hi

Could you please explain the underlined part of the sentence to me? What kind of comparison is this?


My life was like Madame Tussauds mirrors. On the one hand, I was being treated like a political pariah, and on the other hand, I had so much love and affection of my people.

Thanks,

Tom

  

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It is a simile, comparing the speaker's distorted life like the mirrors in a Madame Tussard museum. Proobably it is referring to mirrors that are bent and curved, giving a distorted reflection of oneself. A- s

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  • It is a simile, comparing the speaker's distorted life like the mirrors in a Madame Tussard museum.
  • Proobably it is referring to mirrors that are bent and curved, giving a distorted reflection of oneself.
  • A- s
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It is a simile, comparing the speaker's distorted life like the mirrors in a Madame Tussard museum. Proobably it is referring to mirrors that are bent and curved, giving a distorted reflection of oneself.
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Thanks!

So, would you as a native speaker say that the simile is effective? Is it a fixed simile or "coined"?

Tom
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Hi again

Should I pronounce Madame the same way as Madam?

Tom
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Hi,

So, would you as a native speaker say that the simile is effective?

Not for me. I didn't even know that Madame Tussaud's place had mirrors. It's famous for wax figures, not mirrors.

Is it a fixed simile or "coined"? The latter, in the sense that it's not a well-known, standard phrase.





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