"Every single actress since 1970 who has won a Best Actress Oscar (except four)"
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freeist — 10 years ago(August 23, 2015 10:24 PM)
That's right! Very good.
Three years this thread as been here idle and you disturb its slumber to correct a redundancy, and one where redundancy actually clarifies. I guess that goes to show any slight mistake on the Internet can come back to haunt me years later.
Despite what your English teacher told you, sometimes redundancies and mixed metaphors are acceptable
Let me explain. Zenith means highest point, and its original use was to describe celestial bodies in the sky. However, a person's career does not behave like a celestial body as seen from Earth. There are plateaus and comebacks, and sudden drops off the radar. When I said it was all downhill from there, it means it means the descent was fast.
It was a mixed metaphor. But if you're talking about a person who's a "star," zenith is the best word.
Though I guess have said that they cratered. But stars don't crater, meteors do. And crater was a little too fast for me.