Meanings and Metaphors contains vocabulary activities on figurative language for students of intermediate level and above. The activities encourage cross-cultural comparisons and creative language use.Each of the 34 photocopiable units has a clear step-by-step lesson plan and a useful background information section for extra teacher support. The vocabulary has been checked against the Cambridge International Corpus. Meanings and Metaphors can be used alongside most course books and is suitable for a range of teaching environments.