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J4mes_bond25 Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary
Specialised "as ..... as" phrases
Would anyone care telling what is, if there is, any special name given to these specialised phrases.
as cool as cucumber
as bald as a coot
as brown as a berry
as cold as ice
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
as cool as cucumber
as bald as a coot
as brown as a berry
as cold as ice
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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They are called similes, where something is compared to something else not related to it in any way, but sort of providing an image
- They are called similes, where something is compared to something else not related to it in any way, but sort of providing an image
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They are called similes, where something is compared to something else not related to it in any way, but sort of providing an image
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Yes; a simile expresses a resemblance between two things that differ in other respects.
So your phrases aren't in themselves similes, as a simile requires two terms; you would need to say e.g.
1. MrQ is as bald as a coot.
2. MissP is as cool as a cucumber.
"Differ in other respects" is the important thing: it's not a true simile if you say that "snow is as cold
So your phrases aren't in themselves similes, as a simile requires two terms; you would need to say e.g.
1. MrQ is as bald as a coot.
2. MissP is as cool as a cucumber.
"Differ in other respects" is the important thing: it's not a true simile if you say that "snow is as cold
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No, Anon: a simile requires two terms.
They're fragments of similes, perhaps.
MrP
They're fragments of similes, perhaps.
MrP
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