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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. Metaphor - Wikipedia

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    Metaphors are most frequently compared with similes. A metaphor asserts the objects in the comparison are identical on the point of comparison, while a simile merely asserts a similarity through use of words such as like or as. For this reason a common-type metaphor is generally considered more forceful than a simile. [15] [16]

  4. Fork in the road (metaphor) - Wikipedia

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    A fork in the road is mused upon by Robert Frost in his poem "The Road Not Taken", which begins, "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood..." [2] Malapropist extraordinaire Yogi Berra's saying "When you come to a fork in the road, take it" made the title of his book When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It

  5. Alex Warren Was 'Terrified to Show People' the 'Real' Him ...

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    Alex Warren continues to strike a chord. If you thought you knew the viral content creator-turned-chart-topping musician who first came onto the scene on social media five years ago, think again ...

  6. ‘The Tortured Poets Department’: A track-by-track listener’s ...

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    The Grammy-winner told iHeartRadio that the song serves as a metaphor for “the idea of being love bombed where someone, you know, rocks your world and dazzles you then kind of abandons you.” 5 ...

  7. Metaphoric criticism - Wikipedia

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    The critic analyzes the metaphor(s) or groups of metaphors in the artifact to reveal how their structure may affect the intended audience. Foss writes, "Here, the critic suggests what effects the use of the various metaphors may have on the audience and how the metaphors function to argue for a particular attitude toward the ideas presented."

  8. Olivia Rodrigo Recalls Feeling ‘Terrified’ the First Night of ...

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    When PEOPLE caught up with the “Get Him Back!” singer, 21, at the nya EAST red carpet premiere of Netflix's Olivia Rodrigo: GUTS World Tour on Friday, Oct. 25, she recalled beingterrified ...

  9. The Science Of Love In The 21st Century - The Huffington Post

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    Starting the ’70s, with divorce on the rise, social psychologists got into the mix. Recognizing the apparently opaque character of marital happiness but optimistic about science’s capacity to investigate it, they pioneered a huge array of inventive techniques to study what things seemed to make marriages succeed or fail.