Comment on the rhetoric features of homonyms the following example of conversation. "You're not eating your fish, "the waitress said to him. "Anything wrong with it? "Long time no sea, the man replied.
【正确答案】：As homonyms are identical in sound or spelling, particularly homophones, they are often employed to create puns for desired effect of humor, sarcasm or ridicule.
Long time no see is usually said as a form of greeting between two friends when they meet after a long time. In the above conversation by using sea instead of see, the customer cleverly employed the structure of the idiom to his advantage to criticize in a humorous way the bad quality of the food served at the restaurant. Long time no sea implies that"sea food kept for a long time is not fit for eating".
