Cato the Elder.
carthage delendia est
The figure of speech is the phrase "off your hands".
Oxymoron
idiom
When people use the phrase "by the skin of your teeth," they mean that the person barely accomplished what they were trying to. The figure of speech "skin of your nose" is not a common one.
Cato the Elder ended every speech with - "Furthermore, I think that Carthage must be destroyed".
Marcus Porcius Cato
Senator Jackson's incendiary speech angered the crowd.
Senator Jackson's incendiary speech angered the crowd.
Senator Edward Kennedy said this phrase during his 1980 Democratic National Convention concession speech.
carthage delendia est
"Cartago delenda est" means "Carthage must be destroyed" in Latin. It was the phrase used by Marcus Cato at the end of each speech he made in the Senate, whatever the subject, in an effort to bring about the total destruction to Rome's rival in the Western Mediterranean, which continued to show resilience and continued strength after two defeats. A call for a 'Final Solution'.
They could be used as several different parts of speech. Typically the entire phrase acts as one part of speech... a noun phrase, a verb phrase, etc.
Prepositional phrase
A phrase is never a part of speech, only a word.
That I am is a phrase, the individual words in the phrase are parts of speech. That -- demonstrative, determiner I -- pronoun am -- be verb
That I am is a phrase, the individual words in the phrase are parts of speech. That -- demonstrative, determiner I -- pronoun am -- be verb