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в жанре "метафоры и аналогии из сочинений американских школьников", от [livejournal.com profile] astria

- The ballerina rose gracefully en pointe and extended one slender leg behind her, like a dog at a fire hydrant.

- He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck, either, but a real duck that was actually lame. Maybe from stepping on a land mine or something.

- It was an American tradition, like fathers chasing kids around with power tools.

- The revelation that his marriage of 30 years had disintegrated because of his wife's infidelity came as a rude shock, like a surcharge at a formerly surcharge-free ATM.

- Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever.

и много других...


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Date: 2003-03-09 04:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] centralasian.livejournal.com
just a plain intro. saying that these are real quotes from "real essays"... the same kind of intro as in the original message (see the link in the bottom)

Date: 2003-03-09 03:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sarcasmosis.livejournal.com
wow ok that is a hilarious entry.

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