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4 months agoContributor-Level 10
No, idioms are not the same as proverbs. Idioms are fixed expressions with figurative meanings (e.g. Spill the beans). Proverbs are wise sayings that give wisdom or life advice (e.g. a stitch in time saves nine).
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Here are some good books for idioms in English:
Book | Author |
|---|---|
Idioms and Phrases Anglo | Roshan Tolani |
Essential Idioms in English | Robert James Dixson |
Oxford Dictionary of Idioms | Various Authors |
3000 Idioms and Phrases | Canand |
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4 months agoContributor-Level 10
Here is a list of some of the popular idioms in English:
- Break the ice: To start a conversation in a social setting and make everyone comfortable
- A blessing in disguise: Something that appears bad at first, but turns out to be good
- Hit the sack: To go to sleep
- Spill the beans: To disclose/ reveal a secret
- Under the weather: Feeling unwell
- Once in a blue moon: Something happens extremely rarely
- Kill two birds with one stone: To achieve two things with one action
- When pigs fly: Something that will never happen
- Let the CAT out of the bag: To reveal something accidentally
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4 months agoContributor-Level 10
Idioms are phrases with a figurative meaning that is understood culturally. Such phrases usually have a very different meaning when compared to their literal definition.
Example of Idiom: "It's raining cats and dogs" means it's raining heavily.
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4 months agoContributor-Level 10
Here is a list of some good books for synecdoche:
Book | Author/ Publisher |
|---|---|
A Glossary of Literary Terms | M.H Abrams & Geoffrey Harpham |
Figures of Speech: 60 Ways to Turn a Phrase | Arthur Quinn |
The Elements of Eloquence | Mark Forsyth |
A Handlist of Rhetorical Terms | Richard A. Lanham |
The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory | J.A Cuddon |
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4 months agoContributor-Level 10
Difference between Synecdoche and Metonymy:
| Figure of Speech | Definition | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Synecdoche | Used when substituting a part-to-whole or vice-versa relationship.
| The strings played beautifully = Referring to the strings of a musical instrument, such as a guitar. |
| Metonyms | Substitution based on association or closeness and not necessarily a part of it. | The kettle is boiling. = The water inside the kettle. |
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4 months agoContributor-Level 10
Find below a list of 10 examples of synecdoche:
- Silver hair floated across the room. (Referring to older people)
- Steel marched into battle. (Referring to soldiers with weapons)
- Sirius has a good head on his shoulders. (Referring to Sirius's intelligence)
- The sails disappeared into the darkness. (Referring to part of the ship for the whole)
- The benches passed a new law. (Referring to lawmakers/ judges)
- I need more hands on this project. (Multiple people)
- The newsroom is buzzing today after the celebrity's scandal broke out. (Journalists/paparazzi)
- The crown will decide the nation's fate. (Ruler/ Monarch)
- All eyes were fixated on the singer. (Eve
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4 months agoContributor-Level 10
Synecdoche is used if a part is used to represent the whole thing or the entire thing is used to represent a part.
Examples:
- We need more eyes on this matter.
- I've five mouths to feed.
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4 months agoContributor-Level 10
Check out the most common types of conversion in English grammar:
- Verb to noun (email – to email)
- Verb to noun (run – a run)
- Adjective to Noun (poor – the poor)
- Preposition to verb (up – to up)
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