how to handle this question "can a word be sharp as a knife " in what proper way?.. for..who?when?how?where?why?
2006-12-26 22:58:22 · 6 answers · asked by celynbeauty 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
yes word can be sharp like knife...well like saying someone fat or ugly directly to a person and saying it where there people around that can surely hurt someone feeling so deep.....*
2006-12-27 00:33:02 · answer #1 · answered by blacktulip_raine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes.. a word can be sharp as a knife.. in a way that it could cut a person's heart when you say something that is really offending.. emotional things are much more hurtful than physical ones.. a person who is emotionally hurt may have a hard time to heal the wound in their hearts than a wound in the flesh..
2006-12-26 23:06:51 · answer #2 · answered by PinkFae 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"As sharp as a knife" is a metaphor. It is comparing the cutting, damaging effect that a knife can have, to the cutting damaging effect that words can have.
Example: "You may not physically hurt me, but your unkind words can be as sharp as a knife."
2006-12-26 23:52:16 · answer #3 · answered by cloud43 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a metaphor? Absolutely! I can think of times when I felt gutted by "mere words".
2006-12-26 23:07:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes! We say sometimes: she has put the evil eye on me. Nothing really happened. But it is in our head. What hurts us makes us associate it with ache of our body. So, yes
2006-12-26 23:10:25 · answer #5 · answered by Natalya Ch 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course, as they both can cause extreme hurt and extreme casesd both can kill someone.
For example, your very much in love with someone, and when you tell them how you feel, they tell you to go to he77 or laugh in your face.
2006-12-26 23:08:46 · answer #6 · answered by wdy_67 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋