{"product_id":"i-never-metaphor-i-didnt-mardy-grothe-9780061358135","title":"I Never Metaphor I Didn't Like: A Comprehensive Compilation of History's Greatest Analogies, Metaphors, and Similes","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerica is an enormous frosted cupcake in the middle of millions of starving people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCritics are like pigs at the pastry cart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescribing something by relating it to another thing is the essence of metaphorical thought. It is one of the oldest activities of humankind--and one of the most impressive when done skillfully. Throughout history, many masters of metaphor have crafted observations that are so spectacular they have taken up a permanent residence in our minds. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eI Never Metaphor I Didn't Like\u003c\/em\u003e, quotation maven Dr. Mardy Grothe fixes his attention on the three superstars of figurative language--analogies, metaphors, and similes. The result is an extraordinary compilation of nearly 2,000 feats of association that will entertain, educate, and occasionally inspire quotation lovers everywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this intellectual smorgasbord, the author of \u003cem\u003eOxymoronica\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eViva la Repartee\u003c\/em\u003e explains figurative language in a refreshingly down-to-earth way before taking readers on a tour of history's greatest word pictures. In chapters on wit, love, sex, stage and screen, insults, politics, sports, and more, you will find quotations from Aristotle and Maya Angelou to George Washington and Oprah Winfrey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mardy Grothe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0061358134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061358135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/05\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.38h x 6.30w x 1.13d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2008 pg. 252","brand":"Mardy Grothe","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43946135814399,"sku":"9780061358135","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_6d777bd7-6bb6-4485-b972-446244d1c74d.jpg?v=1681511714","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-never-metaphor-i-didnt-mardy-grothe-9780061358135","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}