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A simile (/ ˈ s ɪ m əl i /) is a type of figure of speech that directly compares two things. [1] [2] Similes are often contrasted with metaphors, where similes necessarily compare two things using words such as "like", "as", while metaphors often create an implicit comparison (i.e. saying something "is" something else).
A list of metaphors in the English language organised alphabetically by type. A metaphor is a literary figure of speech that uses an image, story or tangible thing to represent a less tangible thing or some intangible quality or idea; e.g., "Her eyes were glistening jewels".
See English language idioms derived from baseball and baseball metaphors for sex. Examination of the ethnocultural relevance of these idioms in English speech in areas such as news and political discourse (and how "Rituals, traditions, customs are very closely connected with language and form part and parcel of the linguacultural 'realia'") occurs.
"Taunting with Smoke from a Pipe" by Thomas Rowlandson, 1823. A taunt is a battle cry, sarcastic remark, gesture, or insult intended to demoralize or antagonize the recipient. [1]
Pages in category "Metaphors referring to war and violence" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Apocryphal story of his adventures in India provide a simile for the punishment of the violent against God in Inf. XIV, 31–36. Ali: Cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad, and one of his first followers. Disputes over Ali's succession as leader of Islam led to the split of Islam into the sects of Sunni and Shi'a. He "walks and weeps" in front of ...
In linguistics, the conduit metaphor is a dominant class of figurative expressions used when discussing communication itself (metalanguage).It operates whenever people speak or write as if they "insert" their mental contents (feelings, meanings, thoughts, concepts, etc.) into "containers" (words, phrases, sentences, etc.) whose contents are then "extracted" by listeners and readers.
This time, the Rashtrakuta army led by Gundyana penetrated deeper into the Vengi Chalukya kingdom, before being forced to retreat. [4] Baddega appears to have participated in both of Krishna's campaigns against Bhima. [4] According to his family's Parbhani inscription and the court poet Pampa, he captured Bhima as if "he seized a crocodile in ...