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Do you have problems with figures of speech? (ex. Apple of my eye; piece of cake)
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02 Dec 2004, 5:52 am

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Yes, it's just I frequently don't remember the 'defintion' unless it's *exactly* the way I was taught to decipher it.


I have to admit that if someone told me there was a brown spot on my nose, I would have reacted similiarly to the way you had.

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I never mistake sayings for their literal meanings, but sayings usually cause me to visualize their literal meanings.


Yes, this is the case for me, as well. Unless I have not heard a saying before, in which case I am usually just extremely confused, and may not recognize it as such.