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Fry's English Delight: Metaphor

Fry's English Delight - 1. Metaphor

The sea, and the way it shapes the land, has a special metaphorical meaning.

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Britain's high coastline/population ratio helps to explain how maritime metaphor shaped the language. But the sea, and how it shapes the land, has a special metaphorical meaning.

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