River deep, moutain high?

[Waiyin Cheng]

Hi, teachers
River deep, mountain high, It is song title. It should be "deep river, high mountain", Could you explain me why ? is it ungrammatical ?
Some one told me, the songs are not tight for the grammar but they are the good way to verify your grammar :-).

[Beeesneees]

Hi Waiyin,

It is written like that because that is the rhythm the composer /lyricist wanted to match.
The person who gave you that advice is correct. Songs, like poetry, are not a good source of correct grammar. If you wish to verify your grammar you would be better off using articles and stories.
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[Waiyin Cheng]

Thanks for your help, Beeesnees. Sometimes, The way they write the titles for press are not grammatical too. I read a book, they said about the title (not the content) for the news have been written in some way that we cannot verify them by grammar.

[Mordant]

"Deep river, high mountain" would be more grammatical but would also alter the meaning.

The most grammatical way to preserve the meaning would be "as deep as a river and as high as a mountain." These are metaphors.

[Beeesneees]

[Mordant]

Lol at Bees' comment on headlines. A bit harsh.