more novel metaphors that people don't even notice they invent

[DanG]

And what exactly does it mean to "beat you like a stick"?

Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

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> From Gen. Petraeus appearing on Meet the Press today:
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>> Abu Ghraib and other situations like that are non biodegradable. They
>> don't go away. The enemy continues to beat you with them like a stick.
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>I wonder if this use of "non biodegradable" is biodegradable. Good thing
>he explained what he meant--
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>     VS-)
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