In the odyssey by homer, what does menelaus tell telemachus in book 4?

What is the meaning of this euphemism that andrew jackson used in his message to congress

Read the excerpt from "how i learned english.” and that was important, as important as joe barone asking me how i was through his tears, picking me up and dusting me off with hands like swatters, what does the imagery in the excerpt best readers picture? the awful stinging sensation of being dusted off the quick slapping motion of joe’s hands how roughly the speaker is pulled off the ground how loud and hard joe is laughing

What is the metaphor used for captain beatty? what is he being compared to?