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g ? Example: ? What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave metonymy ? A thousand mustaches[ m?39。stɑ:?, 39。m?st230。? ] n. 胡子,髭 ? can live together but not four breasts. ? 一千個(gè)男人可以住在一起,而兩個(gè)女人卻不行。 ? The pen is mightier adj. 有力的;強(qiáng)有力的;有勢力的 than the sword. ? He keeps a good table and one gets plenty to eat and drink in his house. ? 他招待豐盛,每個(gè)人在他家里都吃得痛快,喝得痛快。 ? She has the eye for the fair and the beautiful. ? The wolf and the pig mingled together in his face. ? China won 4 golds and 5 silvers. ? We drove a Ford to Hyde Park. Metonymy ? This is the struggle between the kimono and the miniskirt. ? It is a pity that there is more ignorance than knowledge in the country. ? She has retired from the stage to teach. Parody ? Definition: imitation of wellknown sayings ? Function: humorous, ironical, interesting ? Example: ? I have no outlook, but an uplook. My place in society was at the bottom parody ? Original: ? Where there is a will, there is a way. ? Imitation: ? Where there is a will, there is a relative. ? There there is a will, there is a lawsuit. parody ? A husband in hand is worth two in the bush. ? He married a bit more than he could chew. ? A word in time saves nine. ? He was born with a Cadillac in his mouth. ? To eat is human。 to digest, divine. ? To lie or not to lie—the doctor’s dilemma personification ? Laziness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him. ? Slang is language that takes off its coat, spits on its hands, and goes to work. ? A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. ? Australia is so kind that, just tickle her with a hoe, and she laughs with a harvest. onomatopoeia ? Definition: imitation of sound. ? Function: association, direct, vivid. ? Example: The snake hissed. ? Giggle, clap, patter, mew, rumble onomatopoeia ? Apes gibber. ? Asses bray. ? Bees hum, buzz, drone. ? Bulls bellow. ? Cows low, moo ? Cocks crow ? Hens cackle, cluck onomatopoeia ? Chicken cheep. ? Cats mew, purr ? Dogs bowwow. ? Doves coo. ? Ducks quack. ? Elephants trumpet. ? Frogs croach. onomatopoeia ? Geese gaggle. ? Horses neigh, snort. ? Magpies chatter. ? Mice squeak. ? Pigs squeal, grunt. ? Lions roar. ? Tigers growl, roar. onomatopoeia ? Snakes hiss. ? Wolves howl. onomatopoeia ? Sound from nature: ? Murmur, babble, swish, patter, rumble, roll, rustle, zip, toot, tick, tinkle, screech, bang,bubble, clang,crack, splash, grumble euphemism ? Definition: to talk about unpleasant things in a pleasant way. ? Under the weather. ? Social disease