I Never Metaphor I Didn't Like: A Comprehensive Compilation of History's Greatest Analogies, Metaphors, and Similes | 
 enlarge | Author: Mardy Grothe
Publisher: Collins
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The murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums. America is an enormous frosted cupcake in the middle of millions of starving people. Critics are like pigs at the pastry cart.
Describing 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. In I Never Metaphor I Didn't Like, 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. In this intellectual smorgasbord, the author of Oxymoronica and Viva la Repartee 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.
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No Surprise August 27, 2008
As usual, Mardy Grothe has compiled a fascinating array for those of us hooked on quotations. A great addition to his oeuvre.
Look out! Your pen will become mightier... August 26, 2008
With your purchase of "I Never Metaphor I Didn't Like" by Dr. Mardy Grothe, look out! Your pen has just become mightier. Your library and your resources for effective expression have just become richer, and more varied and interesting. It is as though you just acquired a trusted companion, who has no agenda except to offer you the wit and wisdom you can always rely on for the word or expression most aptly suited to your needs. I do not exaggerate. Within a few minutes of purchasing the book and eagerly taking it to a comfortable place, I had found half a dozen quotes that I will use immediately in my own writing projects. With these discoveries, I grew confident that there is much more where they came from. With further reading, I became sure of that. It is almost as though I had found someone who has spent his entire life finding the greatest quotations, and then has classified and indexed them for my ready reference. In fact, it is exactly so, for that is what Dr. Grothe has done. This book is only the talented Dr.'s most recent effort to share his exhaustive and long-standing research on words and quotations with everyone who will accept the offer. We are all in his debt for this latest accomplishment.
An ounce of Metaphor is worth a Pound of plodding Prose August 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
There are certain kinds of books that are simply fun. They do not have any great thesis or argument. They offer the reader a selection of very varied fare and suggest sampling it.
So this collection of Metaphors, Similes, and Analogies. Some will make you smile, some will make you think again.Some you will have to squint a bit to puzzle out.
But it will all be enjoyment.
For me a book like this is of special value. As a writer I am always studying ( which does not mean- learning) how other writers did truly good things. This book is rich in examples. As Henny Youngman might have said " One man's metaphor is another man's corned-beef sandwich."
I Never Metaphor I Didn't Like August 19, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
What a terrific Book! I have been a fan of Dr Grothe for a long time and now I have such a great collection of his wisdom and humor. Recommended to anyone who is in speaking, teaching or who wants to be enlighted themselves! I am each of those and find it a great resource. You will too!
another of Mardy Grothe's joyful romps with tropes August 17, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
With "i never metaphor i didn't like" [sic] Dr. Mardy Grothe once again succeeds in deriving both amusement and plenty of food-for-thought from the nuances of figures of speech-this time from metaphor, simile, and analogy. This is another of his books worthy of multiple browsings for examples of linguistic wit, wisdom, pathos, and bathos thoughtfully arranged by subject. Dr. Grothe intersperses the quotations with background information, anecdotes, and reference linkages that enhance the reader's enjoyment and make the book more than just a list of quotations. I've thoroughly perused all of his figure-of-speech books, and I'm sure this one will wind up as well thumbed as his others on my shelf.
His introduction provides a quick brush-up on the characteristics of analogies, metaphors, and similes that is bright and readable without being tedious. And his index by author will be appreciated by anyone seeking specific who-said-whats that are scattered among various topics.
Mardy triumphs again in showing the feedback loop by which our language influences our thoughts and our thoughts influence our language.
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