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Concise Dictionary of Metaphors and Similies

  • jennycuteamarahas quoted2 years ago
    An Aladdin’s cave

    A place full of unexpected wealth Storehouse, accumulation of material or artistic wealth
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted3 years ago
    A burnt child dreads the fire

    Experience brings caution.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted3 years ago
    A battle

    Referring to something that may be very difficult.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted3 years ago
    One of the most prominent examples of a metaphor in English literature is the All the world’s a stage monologue from As You Like It:
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted3 years ago
    In simpler terms, a metaphor compares two objects or things without using the words “like” or “as”.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted3 years ago
    Metaphor is a type of analogy and is closely related to other rhetorical figures of speech that achieve their effects via association, comparison or resemblance including allegory, hyperbole, and simile.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted3 years ago
    Introduction Metaphors

    What are Metaphors?

    A metaphor is a figure of speech that describes a subject by asserting that it is, on some point of comparison, the same as another otherwise unrelated object.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted3 years ago
    Unless you know the underlying difference between the two, you will get completely befuddled.

    We would be happy to have your views and comments for improving the content and quality of the edition.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted3 years ago
    In order to understand a language, you must know the precise meaning of metaphor and simile in that language mean.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted3 years ago
    What led us to publish this? Metaphors & Similes appear in every language, and English has thousands of them.
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