Metaphor
Of figure.
A figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity.
This concept's ID is @1~37977
Contains
- dead metaphor
A metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression...
- mixed metaphor
A combination of two or more metaphors that together produce a ridiculous effect.
- synesthetic metaphor
A metaphor that exploits a similarity between experiences in different sense...