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Old 19-Mar-2004, 11:30
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Default metaphors

Are these noun phrases acceptable:

1-The hammers of his fists (meaning "his fists which are (like) hammers" as in: "He will fight back with the hammers of his fists.")

2-The gems of her eyes (meaning: "her eyes which are (like) gems" and not "the gems that are (shine) in her eyes" which is a possible meaning of the phrase. "Tears welled up in the gems of her eyes.")


3-The sickle of the moon (meaning "the moon which is (like) a sickle" not "the sickle that belongs to the moon")

4-The lightening bolt of his angry gaze
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