It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog is an example of the rhetorical device called antimetabole, from Greek words that mean “a turning about.” Other examples include When the going...
Spit baths are quick cleanups with a moistened tissue, napkin, or towel, the sort Lee in Arcadia, Indiana, remembers getting before going out in public. Another listener recalls a University of Tennessee fraternity term from the late 1950s: SAE...

