Compound Figurative Language, Representative Metaphor, and Proverbs

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• What is primarily transferred in compound majāz?
• Which category fits “asad” used for a brave person?
• Why is “advancing one foot and withdrawing another” representative when applied to indecision?
• What best describes the shared feature of representative metaphor?
• What chiefly distinguishes openly saying “like opposite steps” from borrowing the step scene?
• Must each constituent independently count as single-word majāz?
• What may the foot-movement phrase be when used of an actual walker?
• What does the clue establish in a representative metaphor?
• Does a long sentence automatically qualify as compound majāz?
• Which example most clearly expresses representative simile?
• What can the caravan verse convey beyond neutral travel information?
• How can non-reporting use of a declarative differ from representative metaphor?
• What is the main objection to restricting compound majāz to resemblance?
• How are constructions contrasted with individual words in the discussion of waḍʿ?
• When can the saying about wasting milk be aptly used as a proverb?
• Why does the proverb normally retain its established wording?
• What does retaining the feminine verb when addressing a man indicate?
• Which describes the relationship between representative metaphor and a proverb?
• What shared feature permits applying the milk proverb to neglected exam preparation?
• Does a sentence become compound majāz merely because it is long and contains one metaphorical word?
• What is the first classification when both scenes are explicitly compared with “like”?
• What should be established first when assessing a figurative compound?
• Why can rewriting a conventional proverb be problematic?
• Why distinguish imagery and utterance purpose in the caravan example?
• Which feature is essential to representative metaphor?
• What question becomes central when a declarative is used for complaint or lament?
• What principle combines fixed proverbial wording with a new application?
• Which analysis best captures the shared configuration in the hesitation example?
• How may the scopes of compound majāz and representative metaphor differ?
• Each word in compound majāz must carry its own independent figurative meaning.
• The hesitation example involves a shared composite configuration.
• Representative simile and representative metaphor can share a likeness but express it differently.
• Every declarative utterance always serves only to give neutral information.
• Applying the milk proverb to a man necessarily requires replacing its feminine verb form.
• Every representative metaphor is already an established proverb.