Idioms- Lay Your Cards on the Table
Saturday, November 29th, 2008Laying your cards on the table- Be open and not deceptive. Letting someone honestly know what you are planning on doing.
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Idioms- Buttering Someone Up
Saturday, November 22nd, 2008According to the Cambridge dictionary there is a difference between metaphors and idoms.
definition of idiom:
“a group of words whose meaning considered as a unit is different from the meanings of each word considered separately.”
definition of metaphor:
“an expression that describes a person or object by referring to something that is considered to possess similar characteristics.”
Looks like [...]
Leaving Buenos Aires…
Saturday, July 19th, 2008A picture can tell a story…
Metaphor- Ponerse las pilas- To Get on the Ball
Saturday, April 5th, 2008While in Argentina last month, I heard one metaphor over and over again
Ponerse las pilas
which literally translated means "put yourself the batteries", but otherwise I would translate with the metaphor in English of
To get on the ball
I like to envision this metaphor in my mind since I believe that we need to "put ourselves the [...]
Metaphor
Monday, March 10th, 2008“Um den heissen Brei reden“- Literally translated from the German to “To talk around the hot porridge”.
There is a similar metaphor in English that is being used in a similar fashion “To beat around the bush“
Metaphors- Ochs vorm Berg
Sunday, March 9th, 2008While thinking about my last post “Unwilling to Make the Effort to Learn” and talking with my mother about the issue of humans’ resistance to change, she used a great metaphor in German.
People see that things have changed and they know that they will need/should adapt. Many still prefer to stand in front of [...]
Metaphors
Thursday, February 21st, 2008Another post in my metaphor series.
If you can’t take the heat- Get out of the kitchen – Meaning don’t take on a job if you are unwilling to face its pressures
Sticking out your neck- Meaning taking risks, exposing yourself to criticism
Tirarse a la pileta (Spanish: Literal translation for “Throwing yourself into the pool”) meaning taking [...]
Metaphors Continued
Monday, January 21st, 2008Another definition for Metaphor comes from the Compact Oxford English Dictionary
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable
Metaphors help explain the world around us. I always have been fascinated by them. Maybe it helps me “feel” language better.
Caught on Twitter
“Seems [...]
Metaphors- MQ as important is IQ
Sunday, January 13th, 2008I am re-reading Daniel Pink’s “A Whole New Mind”, since I will be going to NAIS (National Association of Independent Schools) in New York next month, where he will be one of the keynote speakers.
He writes:
Metaphors- that is, understanding one thing in terms of something else. [..] metaphor is central to reason [...] Metaphorical imagination [...]
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