Counters
Synonyms
Phrases with the word
Examples
A poem is good if it contains a new analogy and startles the reader out of the habit of treating words as counters.
Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools.
Books are the money of Literature, but only the counters of Science.
I know how you feel," I said. "You run into something you totally don't get, and it's scary as hell. But once you learn something about it, it gets easier to handle. Knowledge counters fear. It always has.
The fire trucks are out, there are thousands of people in the streets. You have a choice. You can have this, or you let Negroes eat at the lunch counters.
But surely we are not allowed..." "Allowed?" I counters. "We're allowed to do anything in this world until someone says we ain't allowed and that someone can back it up.