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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Slumdog who wrote (455255)10/16/2020 6:00:47 PM
From: koan  Read Replies (1) of 543106
 
You cannot say nonsense to a metaphor. One can do it any way they want.

But I have seen it used like I said.

Think about it.

Death nail, makes more sense than death knell as it is describing the actual act i.e. the specific "CAUSATION" which is how I used it and always use it.

Death Knell is just an ALERT-lol.

But it is also appropriate to use a phrase like that in a literary setting e.g the fog was as thick as pea soup-lol.

This is more of a metaphor where one can use it the way they want, as long as it makes sense.

<Message #455255 from Slumdog at 10/16/2020 5:47:48 PM

I prefer death nail, as that means the nail that kills the person e.g. in a crucifixion.
Nonsense Koan! No such expression in popular use. If you google "death nail" you will get
definition for death knell.

Also, with regard to crucifixion, take Jesus for instance, or the two thieves
crucified with him, nails did not kill him. By biblical accounts, he remained alive for many hours
after being nailed up there.

Death nail, which you prefer, is your obvious malapropism!
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