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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.,
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The term "eye of a needle" is used as a metaphor for a very narrow opening. It occurs several times throughout the Talmud . The New Testament quotes Jesus as saying in Luke 18:25 that "it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God" ( Jesus and the rich young man ); This is repeated in ...
The video in question was posted by the Facebook page 5-Minute Crafts and shows that if you place a piece of thread flat in your palm and then lay the needle down flat with the eye on the thread ...
Biblical parable/metaphor of the camel and the eye of the needle; The Eye of the Needle – Towards Participatory Democracy in South Africa, (1973) by philosopher Rick Turner; Eye of the Needle, 1978 novel by Ken Follett
The Canaanite Ivory Comb is a 3,700-year-old artifact discovered in the ruins of Lachish, an ancient Canaanite city-state located in modern-day Israel. Measuring approximately 3.5 by 2.5 centimetres (1.38 by 0.98 in), the comb is made of elephant ivory and contains the earliest known complete sentence written in a phonetic alphabet. [ 1 ]
Kate Middleton announced today she is finished with her chemotherapy treatment and cancer free, sharing the news in a three minute long video (watch above) filmed in Norfolk last month. "Despite ...
The Ivory Gate, a novel by Walter Besant, describing a solicitor with a split personality. The utopian thoughts of his alter ego are said to occur "before the Ivory Gate". Frank Bidart's long poem "The First Hour of the Night" makes use of both the gates of ivory and horn to question certainty in fact and memory.