metaphoric\ periphrasis

metaphoric\ periphrasis
перифраз фигуральный (метафорический, метонимический)
a periphrasis that is made of phrase-metonymies or phrase-metaphors (V.A.K.)
- is to convey a purely individual perception of the described object

The hospital was crowded with the surgically interesting products of the fighting in Africa. [=wounded] (I.Shaw)

His huge leather chairs were kind to the femurs. (R.P.Warren)

I took my obedient feet away from him. (W.S.Gilbert)


English-Russian dictionary of stylistics (terminology and examples) . 2014.

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  • figurative — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Characterized by symbolism and imagery Nouns 1. figurativeness, figure of speech, figurative language, device; metaphor, conceit, euphuism; dead metaphor, mixed metaphor; way of speaking, colloquialism,… …   English dictionary for students


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