The use of food metaphors is really well established English... Somebody is a peach, a hot tamale.
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Erin McKean
These are some quotes by American author Erin McKean Editor, who was born in 1971.
Quotes by Erin McKean
Part of the joy and pleasure of English is its boundless creativity: I can describe a new machine as bicyclish, I can say that I'm vitamining myself to stave off a cold, I can complain that someone is the smilingest person I've ever seen, and I can decide, out of the blue, that 'fetch' is now the word I want to use to mean 'cool.'
