A Quote by John Cornyn

When it rains, it pours - figuratively and literally.

John Cornyn

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Figuratively Literally Rains

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John Cornyn
American - Politician
Born: February 2, 1952

When it rains, it pours - figuratively and literally

John Cornyn

It is very useful, when one is young, to learn the difference between "literally" and "figuratively." If something happens literally, it actually happens; if something happens figuratively, it feels like it is happening. If you are literally jumping for joy, for instance, it means you are leaping in the air because you are very happy. If you are figuratively jumping for joy, it means you are so happy that you could jump for joy, but are saving your energy for other matters.

Daniel Handler

It never rains in Manchester, but it pours

Kevin Keegan

I got a smile that'll make the mirror crack, And I seem to stay under clouds that's pitch black. So when it rains, it pours, and when it pours, I'm soaked. I contracted lung cancer from third hand smoke, And I'm like the frog that's dying to be a prince, The boy who cried wolf and no one was convinced. The man who hit lotto and lost his ticket, In a rainstorm...and struck by lightning trying to get it.

Gza

Just like the Perimeter! It never rains but it pours," declared the Major.

Garth Nix

You know it's funny, when it rains it pours they got money for wars, but can't feed the poor.

Tupac Shakur

Mr. President, when it rains it pours, but most Americans hold their own umbrellas

Sarah Palin

There are a lot of truths in this world. When it rains it pours. It's always darkest before the dawn. He who smelt it dealt it.

Rob Thurman

Don't use metaphors in fantasy; your readers will take them literally. Or they may take them figuratively - but if so, they'll also take your magics and transformations figuratively. Either way, you're in trouble.