Yes, this metaphor uses scything up, something that does not literally happen, in order to suggest a similarity to the way the wind is increasing.
Yes I believe that it is because "scything" is something that a human does and wind can not scythe, so therefore it is.
a little angel
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Nice metaphor, by the way. Try a fundraiser or even an auction works sometimes.
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her hair is spaghetti(her hair is wavy);she is a flower(she is nice);she is a ninja(shes good at karate);she is a fish when she swims(shes a fast swimmer
its a metaphor (comparing two things without using like or as) which means that dogs are very nice and don't do things wrong.
she is a gem. - apex
It means they are fashionable. A great sense of fashion, would be another way to put it. It's just a strange metaphor.
"Fine-feathered friend" seems to have been, all along, a compliment to humans by allusion to a bird with beautiful plumage. The loss of the hyphen over time has simply clouded a very nice metaphor.
"Fine-feathered friend" seems to have been, all along, a compliment to humans by allusion to a bird with beautiful plumage. The loss of the hyphen over time has simply clouded a very nice metaphor.
I reported this to the City of Wyoming this morning and got a very friendly response that it will be checked out today (5/2/12)