(also metaphorical usage)
1Metaphorical code-switching — Sociolinguistics Areas of study Accent · Dialect Discourse analysis Language varieties …
2Metaphorical extension — A metaphorical extension is the extension of meaning in a new direction through popular adoption of an original metaphorical comparison.[1] Metaphorical extension is almost a universal and natural process in any language undergone by every word.… …
3List of English words with disputed usage — Some English words are often used in ways that are contentious between writers on usage and prescriptive commentators. The contentious usages are especially common in spoken English. While in some circles the usages below may make the speaker… …
4Yana (Buddhism) — For other uses, see Yana (disambiguation). Part of a series on Buddhism Outline · Portal History …
5Fall guy — A fall guy is a person used as a scapegoat to take the blame for someone else s actions, or someone at the butt of jokes. One placed in the position of fall guy is often referred to as taking the fall . In the film industry, a fall guy is a form… …
6Soft pedal — The soft pedal is the pedal at the left under the keyboard of the grand piano The soft pedal (or una corda pedal) is one of the standard pedals on a piano, generally placed leftmost among the pedals. On a grand piano this pedal shifts the whole… …
7Marriage of convenience — A marriage of convenience (plural marriages of convenience) is a marriage contracted for reasons other than the reasons of relationship, family, or love. Instead, such a marriage is orchestrated for personal gain or some other sort of strategic… …
8Wanker — is a pejorative term of English origin, common in Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and British influenced territories like South Africa. It initially referred to one who masturbates but has since become a general insult. It is synonymous …
9Copernican Revolution (metaphor) — The Copernican Revolution, which in terms of astronomy amounted to the acceptance of heliocentrism as suggested by Nicolaus Copernicus, has also been used widely as a metaphor supporting descriptions of modernity. A particularly prominent case… …
10The Fox and the Grapes — is a fable attributed to Aesop. The protagonist, a fox, upon failing to find a way to reach grapes hanging high up on a vine, retreated and said: The grapes are sour anyway! The moral is stated at the end of the fable as:: It is easy to despise… …
