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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Metaphors

Is "Laid to rest" a metaphor?
  

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Do you mean in the sense of a dead person being buried? I wouldn't call that a metaphor. I would call "rest" a euphemism for the state of death.

  • Do you mean in the sense of a dead person being buried?
  • I wouldn't call that a metaphor.
  • I would call "rest" a euphemism for the state of death.
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Do you mean in the sense of a dead person being buried?

I wouldn't call that a metaphor. I would call "rest" a euphemism for the state of death.

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