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  2. List of English-language metaphors - Wikipedia

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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., "Her eyes were glistening jewels".

  3. Category:Metaphor - Wikipedia

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    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. 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.

  4. Metaphor - Wikipedia

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    It may provide (or obscure) clarity or identify hidden similarities between two different ideas. Metaphors are usually meant to create a likeness or an analogy. [2] Analysts group metaphors with other types of figurative language, such as antithesis, hyperbole, metonymy, and simile. [3] “

  5. Category:Metaphors - Wikipedia

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    In language, a metaphor is a rhetorical trope where a comparison is made between two seemingly unrelated subjects. Typically, a first object is described as being a second object. Typically, a first object is described as being a second object.

  6. List of political metaphors - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of common political metaphors. Relating to the executive. eminence grise: literally, "grey man," from French. Colloquially, the power-behind-the-throne.

  7. Parable - Wikipedia

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    A parable is a type of metaphorical analogy. [ 2 ] Some scholars of the canonical gospels and the New Testament apply the term "parable" only to the parables of Jesus , [ 3 ] [ need quotation to verify ] [ 4 ] [ page needed ] although that is not a common restriction of the term.

  8. List of sports idioms - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Category:Metaphors referring to animals - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Metaphors referring to animals" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.

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