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

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  • dead metaphor 0 facts

    A metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression...

  • mixed metaphor 0 facts

    A combination of two or more metaphors that together produce a ridiculous effect.

  • synesthetic metaphor 0 facts

    A metaphor that exploits a similarity between experiences in different sense...