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70.       lady in red
6947 posts
 23 Jul 2008 Wed 12:42 am

Quoting alameda:

Quoting lady in red:

LL - here I am being picky again but I think that ´making a mountain out of a molehill´ is an idiom not a metaphor!



Ummm actually it is both a metaphor and an idiom....as some idioms are also metaphoric, such as this one.

make a mountain out of a molehill





Please note I did say ´I think´ - but I stand corrected and thank you for only posting one link to explain it to me!

71.       alameda
3499 posts
 23 Jul 2008 Wed 12:54 am

Quoting lady in red:

Quoting alameda:

Quoting lady in red:

LL - here I am being picky again but I think that ´making a mountain out of a molehill´ is an idiom not a metaphor!



Ummm actually it is both a metaphor and an idiom....as some idioms are also metaphoric, such as this one.

make a mountain out of a molehill





Please note I did say ´I think´ - but I stand corrected and thank you for only posting one link to explain it to me!



Sorry, my smiley didn´t go through....having a terrible time trying to get posted what I actually intend as of late.

72.       lady in red
6947 posts
 23 Jul 2008 Wed 04:31 pm

Quoting alameda:

Quoting lady in red:

Quoting alameda:

Quoting lady in red:

LL - here I am being picky again but I think that ´making a mountain out of a molehill´ is an idiom not a metaphor!



Ummm actually it is both a metaphor and an idiom....as some idioms are also metaphoric, such as this one.

make a mountain out of a molehill





Please note I did say ´I think´ - but I stand corrected and thank you for only posting one link to explain it to me!



Sorry, my smiley didn´t go through....having a terrible time trying to get posted what I actually intend as of late.



Me too actually but seems better today.

73.       yilgun-7
1326 posts
 24 Jul 2008 Thu 09:37 pm

Elde etmek=
get - got - got / gotten

Unutmak=
forget - forgot - forgot / forgotten

Önceden bilmek =
foresee - forsaw - forseen

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