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idiom meaning - The eye of the tiger, what does it mean? - English . . . 2 The 'eye (s) of the tiger' actually refers to what the tiger's prey last sees prior to being killed It's a reference to impending death of the prey When a tiger 'goes in for the kill', it turns it's ears backwards, showing the spot on the back of each ear, i e the 'tiger's eyes' If you see 'the eyes of the tiger', you are already dead
Was the pronunciation of “symmetry” different in the past? Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? It is easy to guess that in those years that was the way tiger used to be written On the other hand, symmetry is not a rhyme for bright, night, eye by today’s usual pronunciation Was it ever a rhyme?
orthography - Why did Blake spell tyger with a y? - English . . . 37 In the poem THE TYGER by William Blake: Tyger Tyger, burning bright, In the forests of the night; What immortal hand or eye, Could frame thy fearful symmetry? Why is "Tiger" spelled Tyger, with a y? If it's just a difference in the orthography (or lack of convention) at the time, why don't modern editors update the spelling?
The + vowel letter - English Language Usage Stack Exchange But the example is simple, thee eye of thu tiger Eye starts with a vowel, and sounds like vowel a'ee (correct me please, I am not perfect in this type of punctuation) so it was thee, tiger neither starts nor sounds like a vowel, so thu! Similarly, when you're saying, what is the hour? You're saying it as, thee a'r not the other word!
What are the pronunciation and etymology of the dogs name Tige? 1 Are there any examples of dogs actually being named "Tiger", let alone a shortened version of "Tiger"? The earliest example I could find of a dog named Tiger is from " Select Poetry, Ancient and Modern, for April, 1791," in The Gentleman's Magazine (1791): The inclosed Occasional Epilogue ["Occasional Epilogue, For Mr Stanton's Great Dog Tiger "] was written and given, March 11, to Mr
Blue-eyes white dragon - English Language Usage Stack Exchange In some cases, e g saber-tooth tiger and double-edge sword, you will hear the adjective being formed from two nouns in combination This could be a case of the 'd' being dropped for phonetic simplicity, since it tends to happen where the resulting consonant cluster is a little hard to pronounce We wouldn't say "a brown-eye girl"
idioms - Is it look in the eye or look in the eyes - English . . . Is it "look in the eye" or "look in the eyes"? Or are they both correct For example in russian eyes are always plural in literal meaning and when used as idiom (be able to look at somebody directly (because you dont feel embarrassed, ashamed, etc ))
What does bright topaz denizens of a world of green mean Here is an extract from the poem "Aunt Jennifer's tigers" by Adrienne Rich: Aunt Jennifer's tigers prance across a screen bright topaz denizens of a world of green They do not fear the
Is “symmetricity” a word? [closed] - English Language Usage Stack . . . 9 Tiger, Tiger: Symmetricity, Symmetricality, or Symmetricalness? It doesn't really matter whether this or that dictionary includes or omits it It is the regular product of applying productive derivational morphology to a basic English word for conversion purposes