In most languages people enrich their speech or writing with indirect references tocharacters or events from culture. Such indirect references are called______.

How and why do English and Chinese speakers answer the negative questions differently?

Define the tenor and the vehicle, and illustrate how the tenor and the vehicle relate to each other in similes and metaphors, by analyzing the following two sentences.

(1) The girl looks like her mother.

(2) The girl looks like an angel

拜年。

善意的谎言。

男女老少都参加了战斗。

You are welcome.

The child is father of the man.

a nine to five job

Why are brand names often coinages in English culture?

What is body language?