2006-10-29 22:59:00 · 7 answers · asked by G-HOUSE 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
The water at the lake was like glass...
2006-10-29 23:23:41 · answer #1 · answered by lovelostboys 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I devoured every word of the encyclopedia and bathed in the fountain of knowledge.
Her mouth spewed forth a mudslide of insults and invective.
My great grandmother was the granite pillar which kept my family from an early collapse.
A related comparison is called a simile.
A simile compares things using "like" or "as" in the sentence.
She was thin as a kite string.
He was sneaky as a badger in a trash can.
These are a few metaphors. You get the idea. Describe something in terms of a word or phrase to which it has no literal connection.
2006-10-29 23:44:13 · answer #2 · answered by True Blue 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Example: I had fallen through a trapdoor of depression.
Definition:#1A figure of speech where a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.#2 A thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else, especially something abstract.
Hope this helped.
2006-10-29 23:13:41 · answer #3 · answered by NotSoTweetOne 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Her shopping list was a river of words flowing down the page.
The waves of recollection flowed all around him.
His little child was the rose in the desert of his life.
2006-10-29 23:12:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like the filling of the septic tank, the answers just kept coming.
2006-10-29 23:38:22 · answer #5 · answered by rswdew 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I saw him in the fight , he was a lion among some old wolves
2006-10-29 23:01:01 · answer #6 · answered by BekO 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-29 23:00:54 · answer #7 · answered by djessellis 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋