No matter if you're in school or well past your days in English class, figures of speech are used every day in our lives. From songs and television shows to conversations and advertisements, we often ...

Common expressions and figures of speech attract more than their fair share of errors. It’s in their nature. We use terms like “a refined palate” and “sleight of hand” because they come so readily to ...

Those words, in bold black and electric green, are emblazoned at the entrance to the new “Figures of Speech” exhibit at the ICA. The phrase is designer Virgil Abloh’s shorthand way of describing two ...