 Re: special term for "lie like a rug"
Thank you, Anglika. Truth to tell, I'm not sure what I'm looking for; the question didn't originate with me. I'm not sure 'trope' would fit because 'lie' is used in a literal sense -- two literal senses -- but the uses are not logically related to each other.
This is a fairly common construction in English and, when the question was presented to me, I thought there must be an answer. Perhaps there isn't. |