metaphor

Presents a comprehensive study of the development of language, and describes how language is formed and how it has evolved since earliest times.

Collection of more than 6,500 metaphor entries grouped into 600 thematic categories, with more than 500 synonyms, with each entry includes the name of the author and work from which the metaphor was taken.

Traces the history of figurative language, with more than two thousand analogies, metaphors, and similes from the English language, explaining the basis and meaning of each example.

Includes popular words and expressions that derive from terms associated with sports, games, and recreation.

A poetic celebration of non-traditional pockets and what they hold, pointing out that a sock is a pocket for your toes and a vase is a pocket for a rose.

Defines similes and metaphors and describes how and why they are used in sentences.