2006-12-15 06:27:20 · 7 answers · asked by jerald k 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
met·a·phor
(noun): 1. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison, as in “a sea of troubles” or “All the world's a stage” (Shakespeare). 2. One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol: “Hollywood has always been an irresistible, prefabricated metaphor for the crass, the materialistic, the shallow, and the craven” (Neal Gabler, New York Times Book Review November 23, 1986).
- love is a battlefield
- the long arm of the law
- the apple of my eye
- road map to peace
- poitical fallout
- couch potato
- road hog
- life's a beach
- no man is an island
- shall i compare thee to a summer's day?
- love is a rose
2006-12-15 06:35:48 · answer #1 · answered by bigivima 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Examples Of Metaphor
2016-10-06 02:04:54 · answer #2 · answered by coryell 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rug rat = metaphor for a child
Couch potato = metaphor for a lazy person
Greased lightning = something very fast
Chick magnet = metaphor for a sexy car
motor mouth = metaphor for someone who talks a lot
toxic gumbo = metaphor for the floodwater in New Orleans after Hurricane Katarina
Minefield = metaphor for any subject that is too tricky or loaded for conversation
quagmire = description of our situation in Iraq
Dark horse = a candidate about whom not much is known
pit bull = someone who is very scrappy and fiercely determined
vegetable = someone who is in a coma and has lost all mental capabilities
rising star = someone who is rapidly upwardly mobile within an organization
"da bomb" = someone who is real cool, not exactly sure how to define this, but it's a metaphor
2006-12-15 06:43:24 · answer #3 · answered by Karin C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You look like a cow You're a cow Your as smart as an ox You're an ox Just take out the as or like and you have turned the simile into a metaphor
2016-03-29 08:28:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My teacher is an old dragon.
This room is a bombsite.
I hope these two help. I will think of some more asap!
2006-12-15 06:52:01 · answer #5 · answered by lellylurve 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
life is a song
2013-10-08 10:15:56 · answer #6 · answered by latoya 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-12-15 06:35:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋