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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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