Re: metaphors...
Byron, on host 207.217.13.9
Monday, August 9, 1999, at 18:23:48
Re: metaphors... posted by famous on Monday, August 9, 1999, at 13:07:09:
> ------ deleted text ------- > > > > I have to agree with Issachar, sorry. "It's all downhill from here," didn't neccessarily mean good, though, it meant easier. At least, that's how I interperet it. > > I do seem to remember a phrase or two that used them in the way you originally suggested, although I can't remember many. > > "It's going downhill"-- doesn't that mean getting worse? I can't think of an uphill one. This is gonna bug me for a long, long while. > > You're right here Chris. "It's going downhill" means getting worse. Plus a lot of reference goes to this phrase when people are talking about their age. We're probably all familiar with the phrase "over the hill" and basically it means, you've peaked and now everything just gets worse. of course we know that's not necessarily true (don't want to start an age debate). > > > > > > uni"feeling childish"peg > > > > Ch"welcome to the club"ris > > fam "founder of the club" ous
"People who speak in metaphors should shampoo my crotch." -Jack Nicholson in As Good As it Gets
I love that quote
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