like I was saying

Me-ow-my-oh!

Me-usings and Me-emories

15 September 2013 - Similes enrich our vocabulary.  How else might one convey sure-footedness than to say "like a mountain goat"?  My species naturally have a starring role in this figure of speech:  "as nimble as a cat" or "as nervous as a cat" or "as graceful as a cat" or "as playful as a kitten" or "as weak as a kitten" or "as cute as a kitten".  You get the point, which is the point of similes:  to create an unusual, interesting, or emotional effect.  While you're studying this lesson, I am going to focus on getting myself down from this height.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

 Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

To fight like cats and dogs

is to behave like animals.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day -catillac, an outstanding example of a feline