Here’s the lyrics of a song I wrote after writing the article about idioms. I tried to picture/invent the most negative person possible, consequently any resemblance to persons, living or deceased, is entirely coincidental. Honest!! I don’t know anybody who is so extreme but we do tend to exaggerate sometimes in how we see people. Sarcastic hyperbole works well for me. Poor you if you know the...
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She tosses them up and watches them fall, Juggles with fire, with conflict and war suffocation of safety, claustrophobia of life exhileration, danger, contentment and strife. Throws them all up and pulls you all down Sadly joyful, juggling clown Hope’s edge, anxiety’s cliffs Analytical reasoning of life’s buts and ifs She wants to run, but “why?” she sighs She wants to stay but tears she...
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I don’t want to be accused of being homophonic but: Sole mates. Two people who don’t have many friends? Sole Mates- One lone condom getting ribbed? Soul mates- Janis Joplin and James Brown talking about Otis and Aretha? Seoul mates- a film or two South Koreans discussing the threat from the North? Sole mates- two fishy friends going out for a beer? Sole mates- two...
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I love idioms in foreign languages. They make your words stand out from the rest of the language learning crowd. Students love to say “Il pleut des vaches” literally “it’s raining cows” which seems somehow much more appropriate for heavy rain than our use of cats and dogs. An idiom, of course, is a phrase or sentence where the words mean something which can’t readily...
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There is an old Chinese proverb stating that broken glass reflects more light. It is true that shattered glass produces some incredible, bright, sometimes bedazzling reflections and colours. If this is true is it possible that this image can be extended to us, as humans? What if life has not only bruised and abused us but completely shattered us beyond recognition so that we feel...
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Hi Koo Star Wars, Emily, Prince Andrew, then Buddhism And mastectomy Skin Sun strokes your smooth skin With rays of heavenly kiss Inviting me in Festival English festival Music and fun mud rain and sun Friends and foes as one Wrong Soft love rose petals Trodden in the mud and mire Diabolical ©Cre8ivation ...
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Welcome, ladies and gentlemen! You have just touched down on the building site that is Cre8ivation city. It’s great to see you here and I hope you had a pleasant flight with little turbulence and no air rage. Things are heating up slowly here in the city and you should find the temperature bearable- for now at least. So what do you have in store for your...
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