I was surprised when reading about metonymies; particularly, the one referred to the type Controller for Controlled. “Nixon bombed Hanoi”. This expression means much more than the description of a simple fact. As it is explained in the book, “Nixon himself did not dropped the bombs on Hanoi, but via the CONTROLLER FOR CONTROLLED metonymy we not only say "Nixon bombed Hanoi" but also think of him as doing the bombing and hold him responsible for it. When reading newspapers or listening to politicians we usually receive this kind of messages. “The mayor cleaned up Pinamar” or “The mayor builds roads” or, as members of other political parties use to say “The Mayor is doing notinhg”. Speakers want to go beyond the words, and they use metaphorical