(for 01.07.06)
Meaning: acts with little resistance.
Rewrite 1: like a prow through the water
Rewrite 2: like a spoon through hot soup*
Rewrite 3: like a squeal amid silence
Rewrite 4: like scissors through fabric
Comment: Nothing cuts through baloney like a hot metaphor.
*Updated 5-27-17 with thanks to William Phillips.
Monday, January 09, 2006
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2 comments:
I don't believe a 'knife through soup' is a good example. Soup is a liquid already, and has little viscosity. So a spoon could 'cut' through it with very little effort.
Hi William. Thank you for commenting. You're right, a spoon through hot soup would be a more apt rewrite.
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