In the novel, Life’s Work, Valin follows this with a sentence containing another simile: “His lower face fit into that helmet like a hardwood dowel driven in by a hammer.” A sleek, round head like an umbrella’s —Arthur Train Similes Dictionary, 1st Edition. © 1988 The Gale Group...
Arguably Shakespeare's most famous play, Macbeth tells the tragedy of a Scottish king and his queen who became consumed with a lust for power. Actors and playwrights consider it bad luck to actually say its name, and refer to it as "the Scottish play."...
英国的约翰•汤姆逊曾记述：“镇江府位于大运河和扬子江的交汇之处，据守着一个极其重要的位置，因而在（那次）敌对期间，这里是大力防守的重镇之一。而它的陷落，很大程度上加速了和平谈判的过程。”该“敌对”行为发生在