Bad at being good and good at being bad
Wrong at being right and right at being wrong.
2007-02-14 15:13:37 · 4 answers · asked by Matty G 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
They have to make sence
2007-02-14 15:14:18 · update #1
It's called chiasmus.
Knowing that name, you can find plenty of examples by googling it. One site, http://www.chiasmus.com/ is run by Mardy Grothe, has put out a whole book of them. Some examples:
Never let a fool kiss you or a kiss fool you.
Men may not get all they pay for in this world, but they certainly pay for all they get.
It's not the men in my life, it's the life in my men.
We shape our dwellings, and afterwards our dwellings shape us.
The young women were looking for husbands, and the husbands were looking for young women.
2007-02-14 15:32:26 · answer #1 · answered by K ; 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The end of the day at day's end
Flaming ball of balled up flame
Two wrongs don't make a right - two wrights make an airplane
funnily sad but sadly funny
2007-02-14 15:18:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Smart at playing stupid and stupid at playing smart.
Brooding at the cheerful and cheerful at the brooding?
Honor in disgrace and disgrace in honor?
Loving the hate and hating the love.
Thanks for what will keep me awake until 4am...
;-)
2007-02-14 15:38:07 · answer #3 · answered by OneRedCent 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Park on a driveway and drive on a parkway.
2007-02-14 15:16:41 · answer #4 · answered by FCabanski 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋