Grandson: Figures of Speech

I am having a great time teaching my grandson about figures of speech. One tool is the Gummi Bears TV series his mother and aunt watched decades ago when they were children.

The writers of the show revel in showing literal interpretations of figures of speech. “That should dampen his enthusiasm,” one character says of the bad guy, who is being doused.

“How about you go for a spin,” another says, as he spins a hapless character around. I feel sure that my grandson, 5, is getting the drift, as he now brings figures of speech to me, or points them out when he hears them in conversation or in a story.

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[Daniel Dern]

This brings back a slew of MAD magazine memories, both regular features and also IIRC some of the marginalia.