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|    wugi to All    |
|    Re: ( Antimetabole, Chiasmus ) ---- Corr    |
|    07 Apr 24 12:31:15    |
      XPost: alt.usage.english, rec.puzzles       From: wugi@brol.invalid              Op 5/04/2024 om 12:10 schreef HenHanna:       >       > The phrase "Eat to live, Not live to eat"       > is an example of antimetabole.       >       > Here's why: -- Antimetabole involves the repetition       > of the same words in a reversed order.       >       >       > Antimetabole:       >       > -- Those who can, do. Those who can't, criticize. (George Bernard Shaw)       >       > -- Silence is golden, speech is silver. (Proverb)              Those are not the same form.       I like this one, similar:              Perdre sa vie pour la gagner. (work ethics)                     > -- We live to learn, and learn to live. (Latin Proverb)       >       > -- "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" (Shakespeare's Macbeth)              Des chercheurs, on les trouve. Des trouveurs, on les cherche. (R&D)              --       guido wugi              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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