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hiromichi
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 Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 12:04 pm Post subject: cook |
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When "cook" is used in a meaning of "swelter", should the subject be a human being? I am cooking alive.
East Coast to get heat relief; other states cook
By CHRIS HAWLEY, Associated Press � 12 hours ago
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pugachevV
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Yes, it's a perfectly acceptable and common metaphor to say that humans are cooking when they are in a situation where they are very hot.
Open the car window; I'm cooking!
Last summer we almost cooked in the heat. |
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hiromichi
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pugachevV:
Thank you. So "other states" mean people in other states.
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