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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.,
A Needle Woman premiered at CCA Kitakyushu in 1999. In the Kitakyshu version the artist presented a video channel where she lied on top of a rock formation, as Kimsooja explained "When I was invited to make a new commissioned work at the Center for Contemporary Art in Kitakyushu, Japan, I thought I would do a performance piece - one in the city of Tokyo, and the other one in nature.
H. P. Lovecraft's short story "Celephaïs" alludes to the gates of ivory as the portal through which children see the world of wonder, which their adult minds, made wise and unhappy by knowledge of the real world, will reject as fanciful. [20] Ursula K. Le Guin's novel A Wizard of Earthsea. [21] Robert Holdstock's novel Gate of Ivory, Gate of ...
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 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 Sheep is somewhat different from the Queen in terms of personality and gets "more like a porcupine every time [Alice] looks at her" because she knits with several knitting needles all at once. Two of these needles turn into oars when Alice appears in a boat, and then reappear in the Sheep's shop, where Alice purchases an egg, which becomes ...
Making the beast with two backs is a euphemistic metaphor for two persons engaged in sexual intercourse.It refers to the situation in which a couple—in the missionary position, on their sides, kneeling, or standing—cling to each other as if a single creature, with their backs to the outside.
In many variants, the witch-like character that presents the girls with the choice of casket is replaced by personifications of the twelve months of the year. [3] According to scholar Warren Roberts, this narrative appears in Southeastern Europe, namely, Italy, Greece, [4] Russia, Poland, Slovakia, Yugoslavia, and Bulgaria.