A miscellaneous compilation of articles and off-the-cuff ideas, mostly relating to the English Language and its words, and how well they are used on some occasions, and how badly on others. But other topics and whimsies are likely to keep cropping up too. This blog is closely related to the website mentioned below.

Thursday, 10 December 2009

Assorted Metaphors - a Bumper Pack

It's almost too good to be true. Perhaps it's just a seasonal joke, or a spiteful last gesture from a blurb editor facing the sack. The current issue of Radio Times contains what must be one of the wildest, whackiest, mind-blowingest mixes of metaphor to be seen for months.

"It took a highly organised FBI infiltration and surveillance operation to bring about his* downfall and to expose the criminal tentacles flowing through the city's underbelly."

* Mafia 'enforcer' Tony Spilotro of Chicago

Assorted Metaphors - a Bumper Pack

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