Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
This category contains English-language snake idioms. ... Pages in category "Metaphors referring to snakes" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total
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.,
Metaphors referring to birds (38 P) C. Metaphors referring to camels (4 P) ... Metaphors referring to snakes (1 C, 4 P) T. Metaphors referring to tigers (1 C, 3 P) W.
Pages in category "Metaphors referring to birds" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
Gorillaz refers to the albatross in the song "Hip Albatross", as a metaphor for the burden of the undead. Judy Collins uses albatross as a metaphor in the song, "Albatross" in 1967. The UK dark wave band Lebanon Hanover has a song entitled "Albatross", from the album Why Not Just Be Solo (2012). The lyrics of the song use the bird as metaphor.
Shop Now. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel) (The Hunger Games) amazon.com. $17.98. Scholastic Press
There are appearances of the phrase "forked tongue" in English literature, either in reference to actual snakes' tongues, or as a metaphor for untruthfulness, such as a sermon by Lancelot Andrewes, who died in 1626: "And he hath the art of cleaving.