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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.,
Illness as Metaphor served as a way for Susan Sontag to express her opinions on the use of metaphors in order to refer to illnesses, with her main focuses being tuberculosis and cancer. The book contrasts the viewpoints and metaphors associated with each disease.
Spoons are used as a metaphor and visual representation for energy rationing. Spoon theory is a metaphor describing the amount of physical or mental energy that a person has available for daily activities and tasks, and how it can become limited. The term was coined in a 2003 essay by American writer Christine Miserandino.
A favorite of mental health professionals to help kids cope with grief, this picture book uses the metaphor of an invisible string to help connect us with late family members.
Dr. Daniel Ganjian is a pediatrician at Providence Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif., with four kids ranging in age from 3 to 12. Ganjian tells Yahoo Life that being a ...
With kids going back to school and fall season creeping over it's important to keep a close eye on the little ones.
Baby: Term often used to tease others for being childish or too young, or for behaving in an immature way. Bag lady : A homeless old woman or vagrant . Barely legal : [ 6 ] A term used to market pornography featuring young people who are "barely legal" (only just reached legal age of majority or the age of consent , or both).
AIDS and Its Metaphors is a 1989 work of critical theory by Susan Sontag. In this companion book to her Illness as Metaphor (1978), Sontag extends her arguments about the metaphors attributed to cancer to the AIDS crisis. Sontag explores how attitudes to disease are formed in society, and attempts to deconstruct them.