A ______ is a direct comparison between two or more unlike things, normally introduced by “like” or “as”.

How are swear words used in English and Chinese? What cross-cultural contrasts can one find underlying them?

What cross-cultural contrast can you find between English and Chinese telephone calls?

Since he became manager, the company has been running in the black.

Dr. Thomas Green requests the pleasure of your company at luncheon.

A small leak will sink a great ship.

白菜

—非常感谢您为我所做的一切。

—这是我应尽的职责。

How could one interpret the verbal and nonverbal messages in the following sentence? A boy told his mother in a whispering voice that it was not he who broke the vase, but did not dare to look at his mother in her eyes.

人不犯我，我不犯人。

What is the most salient feature of the headline in English newspaper?