The Zen in the Martial Arts

[Xue Sheng]

They are a psychological technique.

More reasons to use metaphors from the Purdue Online Writing Laboratory.

... and as my TCM doctor told me, people remember stories and metaphor better.

As far as the Chinese go, it can be easier to use a metaphor to help you understand better than a long winded explanation

 

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Common English metaphors:

• nitpicking
• hit the books
• she is an open book
• step up to the plate
• Hail Mary
• on the ball
• herding cats (sometimes as a simile)

https://blog.udemy.com/metaphor-list/

 

[Xue Sheng]

Common English metaphors:

• nitpicking
• hit the books
• she is an open book
• step up to the plate
• Hail Mary
• on the ball
• herding cats (sometimes as a simile)

https://blog.udemy.com/metaphor-list/

Ironically, a couple of months ago when the whole family, with 2 additional friends of the kids, went to Disney.… day 1… when the kids, friends, and my wife got loose in the first park…. I spent the day referring to it as trying to heard cats