Can ships and street signs ever mix? Source: iStock; Matthew Barra/Pexels English composition instructors tend to have strong opinions about how the language should be written. You may have been ...

As Wall Street plummets, shrinks, crashes, retreats, and melts down into a bear market, analysts and reporters seem uncertain as to which of these metaphors best captures what’s going on. The answer ...

Some friends and I are looking for the most creative and entertaining mixed metaphors. Some examples in context...<P>It's not rocket surgery.<BR>Smarty two-shoes!<BR>Smooth as pie.<P>Please contribute ...

No matter if you're in school or well past your days in English class, figures of speech are used every day in our lives. From songs and television shows to conversations and advertisements, we often ...