Speaking of Animals

Speaking of Animals

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  • Author: Robert Palmatier
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • ISBN: 0313368384
  • Category : Social Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 497

No other nonhuman source has served as the basis for more metaphors than animals. Speaking of Animals is a dictionary of animal metaphors that are current in American English. It is comprehensive, historical, and metaphor-based. Each entry refers to the other dictionaries that catalog that same metaphor, and the dates of first appearance in writing are supplied, where possible, for both the metaphor and the name of the source. The main text is organized alphabetically by metaphor rather than by animal or animal behavior; all the metaphors are classified according to their animal source in a list at the end of the book. An animal metaphor is a word, phrase, or sentence that expresses a resemblance or similarity between someone or something and a particular animal or animal class. True metaphors are single words, such as the noun tiger, the verb hog, and the adjective chicken. Phrasal metaphors combine true metaphors with other words, such as blind tiger, hog the road, and chicken colonel. Other animal metaphors take the form of similes, such as like rats leaving a sinking ship and prickly as a hedgehog. Still others take the form of proverbs, such as Don't count your chickens before they hatch and Let sleeping dogs lie. The horse is the animal most frequently referred to in metaphors, followed closely by the dog. The Bible is the most prolific literary source of animal metaphors, followed closely by Shakespeare.


Why Do Monkeys Chatter?

Why Do Monkeys Chatter?

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  • Author: Helen Bethune
  • Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group
  • ISBN: 1448803950
  • Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 26

Provides answers to questions related to different types of animals, including birds, reptiles, mammals, and primates.


“The” Encyclopaedia Britannica

“The” Encyclopaedia Britannica

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  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 912


Chitter Chatter!

Chitter Chatter!

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  • Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
  • ISBN: 9780448424545
  • Category : Livestock
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 0

"A simple message gets a little misunderstood - and kind of crazy - as it travels around the farm. Pull the tabs up and down to make all the animals chatter away!"--P. [4] of cover.


The Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Encyclopaedia Britannica

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  • Author: Thomas Spencer Baynes
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  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 906


Happy Jack

Happy Jack

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  • Author: Thornton W. Burgess
  • Publisher: Good Press
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  • Category : Juvenile Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 73

"Happy Jack" by Thornton W. Burgess. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.


The Best Canadian Animal Stories

The Best Canadian Animal Stories

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  • Author: Muriel Whitaker
  • Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
  • ISBN: 1551995255
  • Category : Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 238

Farley Mowat, Gabrielle Roy, Grey Owl, Emily Carr and Robertson Davies are among the authors whose stories grace The Best Canadian Animal Stories. From a white-tailed deer that survives despite its blindness, a whale harassed by youths in a powerboat and a boy who is saved by his dog in a Cape Breton snowstorm, these are classic animal stories by some of Canada's best writers.


Play It Cool, Guys, Vol. 1

Play It Cool, Guys, Vol. 1

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  • Author: Kokone Nata
  • Publisher: Yen Press LLC
  • ISBN: 1975321537
  • Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 146

They’re so goofy, they’re cool. Enter: a group of cool guys who seem like they’ve got that unapproachable swag. But look closer and you’ll find a bunch of dorks who’ve gotten the act down pat. So sit back, grab some popcorn, and enjoy watching these clumsy dudes try to look cool all day, every day.


Forty-Eight X

Forty-Eight X

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  • Author: Barry Pollack
  • Publisher: Medallion Media Group
  • ISBN: 1605423068
  • Category : Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 360

"A colonel with a shadowy past . . . A new kind of war and warrior . . . A military science experiment out of control . . . On the tropical island of Diego Garcia in the middle of the Indian Ocean, the United States has gathered together its most talented scientists to conduct top secret experiments. Their goal—to create a revolutionary new warrior. A warrior so strong, so valiant, so expendable that the age of “casualties of war” becomes only a sad and distant memory. And so, the Lemuria Project is brought to life—by a Nobel laureate in genetics and a three-star general seeking redemption in a long-lost and forgotten metaphysical civilization. Haunted by a dark and dangerous past, Colonel Link McGraw is the officer chosen to train and lead these special “soldiers.” In the course of battles to renew his tattered reputation, he, above all, knows what constitutes the perfect soldier. It’s simple: Follow orders, command decisively, make no excuses, and have no regrets. When Egyptian beauty Fala al-Shohada and Israeli Joshua Krantz, romantically paired archaeologists, stumble across the top secret project, they are determined to uncover its true nature and pursue their quest to the island of Diego Garcia. Science and politics clash, as do Krantz and McGraw, who vie for Fala’s affection. When they discover they aren’t the only ones on the island competing for her attention, shocking truths are revealed. The future of the entire human race comes to a crossroads on Lemuria. Will humanity find there its loftier spirit or become a lesser species in earth’s evolution? - See more at: http://medallionmediagroup.com/books/forty-eight-x-the-lemuria-project/#sthash.Qjp0bqEz.dpuf"


Animal Acts

Animal Acts

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  • Author: Jennifer Ham
  • Publisher: Psychology Press
  • ISBN: 9780415916097
  • Category : Animals and civilization
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 282

First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.