Answer — Exercise 4
6 - A war of words·Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book
Question
Underline the words in each sentence that are part of the same metaphor. The first one is done for you.
Answer
- They’ve been engaged in a fierce price war which has hit profits.
- The party has recruited a huge army of volunteers for the campaign.
- They are aggressively pursuing the middle-class vote and have been bombarding them with messages seeking support.
- They’re gaining ground in the polls and hope to capture 20 new seats.
- They have a huge sales force compared to ours so we have to really target our efforts.
- She has won her fight to stop the photos being published, which she said was an invasion of privacy.
- All the big guns are through to the semi-finals of the competition so it’s going to be a tight battle to get through.
- The fifth set became a battle of wills as both players tired, and it was Murray who finally surrendered.
- They’ve had to join forces to fight off new start-ups that are challenging their position in the market.
- Tiredness can often reduce our defences against viruses that attack our bodies.