The word "metaphor" derives from many European terms for the word "sign" or "indication", though it was designed to indicate one thing and mean something totally different. Usually in the form of a catchphrase or a cliche, but most of the time, the message is understood.
If you've ever seem the movie Night at the Museum, the tiny little roman and cowboy were speaking to the guard "We might be small, but our hearts are large... metaphorically speaking." What he meant is that his conviction as a was great, but used the metaphor that his heart was large, which is obviously ridiculous as he was only an inch tall. You can also use it in a cliche as most metaphors are. Let's assume that Sam is attempting to get a ball out of a tree without success and he suddenly has an idea and mutters, "Fine then, there are more ways to skin a cat." He meant that there are other ways to get the ball out of the tree. The metaphor is the cliche.
One more... using a catchphrase. Mike was talking to Jim and says "Your a chip off the old block, aren't you Jimmy boy?" Jim responds, "Chip off what block?" and Mike will explain, "It was a metaphor, lad, I meant that you are exactly like your father."
Her smile was a ray of sunshine on a cloudy day.
He thundered around the room.
The child's wagon is a fast race-car
The world is a stage and we are all actors playing our parts.
I am a rainbow
She was a hungry horse.
If he is really a human, this is an example of a metaphor. If he is really a pig, this is an example of a sentence or statement.
This sentence is an example of a metaphor, where the faces of the men are compared to mirrors reflecting "large thoughts."
she was a really hungery horse By:jenny r
My friend is a night owl. I am an early bird.
Cathy is a calculator but her brother is like a cheetah
Old is like an owl but with even better intelligence. this is not a metaphor but a simile. A metaphor for old in a sentence would be
The light of the intelligence.The springtime of life.The groaning of the breeze.
The malleable person is adaptable. (metaphor)Metals are an example of a malleable substance.
A metaphor is a comparison made without using the words "like" or "as." An example of a sentence including a metaphor might be, "Carolyn was a rock for her family following those hard days after Jim's death."