The heart was once believed to be the seat of our emotions, and that is the basis for the idioms about the heart. When you say that someone has a heart of stone, it doesn’t mean that their heart is made out of stone even though that is what it sounds like. It means that…
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Collective Nouns, Fiction Writing, Writing Prompts and Exercises
A Congregation of Crocodiles & Other Collective Nouns
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• •How would you feel if you were trapped amidst a congregation of crocodiles? Would a corps of giraffes make your heart beat any easier? Do you think a crèche of penguins would be well cared for by a crash of rhinoceroses? Would a cry of hound dogs be rendered speechless by a dazzle of zebras? A congregation…