Two recent cartoons on figurative language. Yesterday’s Pearls Before Swine: (#1) And today’s Dilbert: (#2) In #1, Pig takes the figurative saying “There are plenty of fish in the sea” literally, and comes up with a fish as a replacement (an unsatisfactory one) for his lost Pigita. In #2, Dilbert’s pointy-headed boss produces a novel … Continue reading Coping with figurative language