文档介绍：Thesaurus of TRADITIONAL ENGLISH
METAPHORS
Thesaurus of TRADITIONAL
ENGLISH METAPHORS
Second edition
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First published 1993 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE
Second edition 2002
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Wilkinson, .(Peter Richard), 1926–
Thesaurus of traditional English metaphors/. p. cm. Includes bibliographical
references (p.) and index. 1. English language-Idioms-Dictionaries. 2. English language-Synonyms
and antonyms. 3. Figures of speech-Dictionaries. 4. Metaphor-Dictionaries.
2002 423′.1–dc21 2001048566
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To my wife, Joyce
The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor. It is the one thing that cannot be
learnt; and it is also a sign of genius.
[Aristotle, Poetics]
CONTENTS
Introduction ix
Acknowledgements xiv
List of abbreviations xvi
1
A TINKER
26
B TAILOR
70
C SOLDIER
130
D SA