can anyone help me with metaphors i need alot of a examples?

Question

english

Answer 1

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abandon: Lacking funding, the team decided to abandon the project. A project is a vehicle for (their) change.
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agenda: They carried out their agenda. An agenda is a vehicle powered by (their) will.
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aged: This joke is aging quickly. A joke is not fixed in time - necessarily changing with the environment, or dying of old age.
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airhead: Don't be such an airhead !! A mind is made of thoughts, which have weight. Heavy thoughts are solid and deep, light thoughts are vacuous and lofty.
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anarchy: It's anarchy on the freeway today! A second, group leadership exists for machines that are individually led by drivers.
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base: A play based on a poorly written book by G. G. Falderal. A play can be propped (!) up, or start from a physical point.
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being: The point being... A point physically exists, and can also be made and lost.
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benchmark: The benchmark 30-year T-bill. Investors navigate through a sea of numbers. A benchmark can move. [relativity]
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binding: A legally binding contract. Words can be a container or build space (see "freedom").
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boiling: Boiling landscape. A group of solids, over time, acting as a liquid. Time is an essential factor in the states of matter.
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bond: They had a spiritual bond between them. The spirit is a solid that binds to the familiar. (common chemical bond type).
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brand, branding: The band bleated out their own brand of country music. A brand sets a single path. "New" = "new direction".
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break, breaking: Breaking news. To break is to end consistency, thus become new. Break = change.
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buck, bucking: Bucking for a raise. To buck is to attempt to force change. Note: implies stable is good, change is disruptive.
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burst, bursting: Bursting with flavor! Taste is territorial, and strong flavor is an escapee. Our senses occupy space.
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cage, caged: Caged emotions. Emotions occupy space. (love grows, feeling boxed in, full of hatred)
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campaign: She led the campaign for student housing. An objective is a distant location in timespace; "through" = friction.
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choice, choose: An electron chooses the path of least resistance. Electrons consciously interact with their environment. Nature = thought; eg: "I am Conservative".
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collide, collision: Their philosophies would eventually collide. Philosophy is/can be a moving object. Disagreement = collision.
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comfort: I'm comfortable with my decision. The mind is a physical thing. Mental pain = physical pain.
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determine, determined, determination: The clouds are just determined to ruin our picnic! Nature is a plan.
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diamond in the rough: That gymnast is a diamond in the rough. One's abilities are a workable material with an intrinsic value. (See "green")
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direction: She sought a new direction in her life. One's life is a vector, and one can make a wrong turn.
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disembark: They were about to disembark on a journey of the soul. One's soul is a fixed but unexplored territory, and one's mind is the explorer.
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division/multiplication: Cell division. All cells are identical, and are made of a single, homogenous material.
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drifter: He was a drifter, working odd jobs. One's will can provide grounding or allow them to develop roots, or set entirely free to outside influence.
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dying: I'm dying to meet her. Desire equals (slow) death.
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exist, existing: Such attitudes exist, but are becoming rare.
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freedom: Freedom of expression. Words can be trapped or set free. If free, words create space (realms). (see "bind")
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green: That new worker is pretty green. One's life ripens with experience. (See "diamond")
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harnessed: To harness the power of the sun. Power has a will that can be controlled in direction. (See: steer)
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motion: Ideas in motion. An idea is a vehicle for change.
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move, moving, movement: A moving speech. Political movement. Change of belief is a change of physical position. (See also: position)
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platform: Political platform. One's views are better seen if raised.
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position: One's position on a political issue. A belief is a location.
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rock: The guy is a rock. Certainty is a solid. (See: drifter, airhead).
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secreted: He secreted the fact that he was a Republican. Facts hold physical space, and may need to be concealed.
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stable, stability: A stable economy. An economy holds a physical form, and must be balanced lest it topple.
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steady: A steady rhythm. To be repeated over time is to be fixed. A solid is a redundant "now".
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steer: Steer clear of that topic. A conversation is a vehicle that passes through locations of interest.
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stubborn: Stubborn stains! A stain has a will of its own. Objects think.
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transition: A transitional government is in effect. Political leadership follows a path, which must be bridged at any gaps.
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travel: We'll travel down that road (of conversation) another time. A conversation is a mobile, physical entity.

Answer 2

Look up the lyrics to "Drops of Jupiter" by Train.
If I were teaching metaphors, I would use that song as a great example, rich in metaphors for someone soul-searching.

One of the most famous quotations that comes to mind is Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet where she is compared to the sun rising in the east. "What light through yonder window breaks . . . It is the East and Juliet is the sun."

Answer 3

I am a rainbow
"I am a rainbow" is a example of metaphor because it is comparing two nouns, a person, and a rainbow, but does not use like or as.

I am not Anger
"I am not anger" is an example of metaphor because it is contrasting two nouns.

"Mary is a sheep, just following everyone else", where we are comparing Mary to a sheep and saying they are similar because they both follow.
But we are saying that Mary is not just like a sheep. She follows others so much, she IS a sheep

Answer 4

i've got faith that what does not kill us makes us better yet hassle and problems in ones existence purely makes one a extra perfect individual to a definite factor, then it could illicit bitterness. the factor that it turns at is diverse for each individual and you are able to not at all tell what that factor is till finally that's merely too previous due. i think of that's terrific to avert hassle and problems as much as a hazard, yet while confronted by potential of them you may desire to attempt to get the main out of them that they could. each and every undesirable ingredient has good factors to it even no remember if that's barely a lesson properly worth gaining know-how of. to furnish in to the bitterness facilitates no longer something, yet each and every so often, some people have no selection and the bitterness wins. yet some people can stay a life-time of purely hassle and difficulty yet proceed to be good of spirit. i'm no longer able to describe who or the thank you to tell who will go which way and how quickly, even nevertheless that's diverse for each guy or woman and all of us could desire to know the different persons certainty and not attempt to impose our certainty upon them. regrettably some peoples certainty imposes itself on all of us else and that they could desire to be limited to make something of society extra risk-free, hence regulations, courts and prisons. Oh properly. we could desire to take the undesirable with the good, i assume.

Answer 5

Her eyes were glittering diamonds.
He was a snake.
The train was a long black snake moving towards him through the hills.
He's a normal cat in the house, but when he goes outside he transforms into a tiger.

Answer 6

She is a queen
He is a king
Think of similies then remove the like or as.
so instead of saying
Whatever is like or as Whatever
you say
Whatever is whatever