Off the peg thoughts
A fine metaphor for a mind incapable of original thought or phrasing. The lady has a stock of ready-made comments...
Upirnaagiit
An Eskimo term for early Western visitors. As ships came in the spring the better to explore and exploit to...
Towing a sinking ship with a canoe
A clear portrayal of something being unequal to the task, Thoreau uses this maritime metaphor to describe words which strike...
Plump with meaning
When there is substance behind them, the most ordinary words acquire meaning, and so satisfy the senses as ripe nuts...
Trim, trig and tickety-boo
Came across the upright word 'trig' in another of Arthur Ransome's charming children's adventure stories, Winter Holiday, which I read...
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