Posted by Michelle Steiner on 11/16/60 11:36

In article <04qvf.810$vN4.625452@wagner.videotron.net>,
NRen2k5 <napsterneorenegade@hotmail.com> wrote:

> > Go ahead and live your literalist's life, without metaphor, simile,
> > or analogy. I'll live a full life instead with all the richness of
> > the language and of life itself.
>
> Cute, but as I already pointed out, it's not a metaphor. It's a
> common phrase.

The fact that it's a common phrase doesn't mean that it's not a
metaphor. The two are not mutually exclusive.

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