Handling metaphors

Opening Gambit:Metaphors are the origami of thought - language suddenly and astonishingly folds itself into a flying bird, and we have to unfold it to see what it means and how it is done ...To start with, let us recall the definition of "metaphor" given in On manipulating structure :-Metaphor ... to compress into language comparisons (such as similes and analogies), usually by linking words in unexpected ways based...

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