--- Cecil Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gabriel de Figueiredo wrote: > "Lohia will be rolling in his grave." > > ------- > So can someone suggest a more generic, > non-denominational and politically > correct metaphor to replace the oft-used 'rolling in > his grave'. > Mario replies: Cecil, any suggestion of an afterlife - rolling, churning, etc. - will be objectionable to the vociferous atheists among us.
The only way to meet all your many criteria would be to just say it like it is, i.e. "Lohia would have been appalled."? This would leave Lohia to roll, churn or just be dust, as the case may be. I will probably still use the metaphors when it suits me.
