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ii. Metaphor
Weapon a thing to attack such as gun or knife
A word that is aimed to insult a person Drug
a thing to heal A word that is aimed to encourage and advice someone
b.
“Bow down to the mighty”
The metaphorical expression of “bow down to the mighty” is classified as dead metaphor which means everyone who hear this metaphorical expression will
know the meaning of this. “Bow” in literal meanings means bend the body to
respect or greet someone. According to Longman Dictionary, “bow” means to bend
the top part of your body forward in order to show respect for someone important, or as a way of thanking. In this song,
“bow” is followed by “down” that gives another meaning in literal as well. According to same dictionary,
“bow down” is a dead metaphor or often called as idiom which means to let someone give you orders
or tell you what to do. In the context of the song,
“bow down” is followed by “the mighty” which shows that someone has to obey the orders of someone who is more powerful. In
society this thing always happens because usually society is ruled by someone. If the word “bow down” are separated, they would have different meaning. In the
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dictionary “bow down” can be also bend over to show respect or greet someone.
This has same meaning with the word “bow” by itself. In the other hand, the word
“down” means a lower place or position or a feeling of sadness. So, if
“bow down to the mighty” is elaborated literal meaning, it will become to bend over to lower position to the mighty. Metaphorically, they will have
a meaning as to obey to someones orders without offering confrontation from the one who is more powerful.
i. Table 4.9. Lexical Semantics of the Word Bow Down
ii. Metaphor
Bow Down to bend over
Obey the powerful one c.
“stop holding your tongue”
Hold your tongue is classified as dead metaphor. This dead metaphor is really common used in any text and context. This metaphorical expression is idiom
or in another meaning it cannot be separated or they will have different meaning word by word.
According to Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, “hold your
tongue ” means
to tell someone to stop talking or to not tell someone about something
. In order to find the significant meaning of this popular dead metaphor, the writer compares the meaning with another dictionary. According to Cambridge
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English Dictionary “hold your tongue” means to not speak. Both of the dictionaries
state that hold your tongue is an informal way to make someone stop talking. This metaphor is usually used in informal situation ore sometimes in rude way. In the
song, “hold your tongue” comes after “stop”. The word stop change the meaning to be “speak up about your mind”. So, if it is combined, it will become to not just keep
in silent. “Hold your tongue” has 3 words that has different meaning in literal if they
are staying together. Lexically, if “hold your tongue” in literal meaning means
holding tongue with hands. It is has significant different meaning if literal meaning is being compared with the metaphorical meaning. According to Longman
Dictionary of Contemporary English the word “hold” has meaning as
to have something in your hand, hands, or arms and tongue has meaning as the soft part
inside your mouth that you can move about and use for eating and speaking. In the context of the song, “stop holding your tongue” is stated in the verse
2. In the context of the song this has meaning that we have to speak up to show that we are brave enough to express our self because this metaphor came up after the
word “don’t run”. The word “don’t run” strengthen the meaning of the metaphor itself.
i. Table 4.10. Lexical Semantics of the Word Hold Your Tongue
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