1 Avoid eating a lot of soluble fiber as this type of food causes much gas. 2  Starch Foods-Starchy foods such as potatoes and pasta are also to be avoided. 3  Sugary Foods-not all foods that contain sugar will give you gas. 4  But! 5  The most common sugars that cause gas are fructose, lactose, raffinose, and sorbitol.
The version âmore than one way to skin a catâ seems to have nothing directly to do with the American English term âto skin a cat,â which is to perform a type of gymnastic exercise, involving passing the feet and legs between the arms while hanging by the hands from a horizontal bar.
These phrases: 'as ... as' and 'like a...', belong to similes. A metaphor explains that a thing or person IS something else, rather than like something else. 1  The cat slipped through the grass like a stealthy tiger.2  The cat was a stealthy tiger, slipping through the long grass. 3  The cat was as stealthy as a tiger. 4  The cat slipped through the grass as stealthily as a tiger. metaphor explains that a thing or person IS something else, rather than like something else. 1  The cat slipped through the grass like a stealthy tiger. 2  The cat was a stealthy tiger, slipping through the long grass. 3  The cat was as stealthy as a tiger. 4  The cat slipped through the grass as stealthily as a tiger.