From the article: Metaphor Examples
Help us add to our collection of metaphor examples by adding your favorite example of a metaphor here. We'll take similes, too, but you might note it to remind others of the difference. Share Your Example
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- like a man chiefly accustomed to look inward, and to whom external matters are of little value and import, unless they bear relation to something within his mind
- —Guest Llandely "El Tiburon"
Describing a feeling
- I once wrote a poem for my grade nine english class. In that poem I described the feeling of hearing a voice of a god like this, "It was like a pulsating current, every time the voice spoke the current spiked delightfully." When I got it back my teacher commented saying that it made no sense. It has always bothered me because I asked for feed-back from friends and family and they all said it made sense. I guess im seeking input from strangers, the honest kind. [Psst, Eugene! This isn't really the place to give and receive feedback, but move your question to the forum: http://forums.about.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?nav=messages&webtag=ab-fictionwrite&lgnF=y]
- —Guest Eugene
Another Simile!
- I found this one in _The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle_: "There I became instantly agog at the mass of ships that lay before us, masts and spars thick as the bristles on a brush." I thought it was a wonderfully original comparison. I love Avi!
- —Guest Janine
Swine Flu Metaphor
- I was struck by a simile Obama used this week to explain why we hadn't closed off our border with Mexico. He said, "It would be akin to closing the barn door after the horses are out ..." I guess what struck me was how vivid and effective it was, even though most of us have rarely been around a barn, or even horses, for that matter. But I found it completely convincing, much more so than if he'd just said, "The virus is already here--what good would that do?"
- —Guest Steven
