Metaphor is a type of figures of speech. It's like a comparison to simile. Simile is easier to identify and it's often used "like" or "as". In metaphor, "like" or "as" isn't being used, so metaphors may sound a bit vague. In metaphor, you need to think really deeply and find out something that is not this thing and it's other thing. It can be confusing or it can sound nonsense. Metaphors are difficult to identify.
"He was a lion in the fight" is a metaphor.
A metaphor
"Piece of cake" is both a metaphor and an idiomatic expression.
It is a metaphor because it says he is a hard lump of clay. I know that it is a metaphor because a metaphor describes something to another thing as something who is another thing, not something that is like another thing.
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A metaphor is the comparison of two unlike things.
Someone who is difficult
Metaphors can be quite difficult to identify. Metaphors mean a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. We need to think deeply about identifying metaphors. The sentence in a metaphor may be vague and nonsense and don't make logical sense. An example of metaphor is "If he stocks his prey, he's a shadow.". He's not actually a shadow. It looks like he's a shadow because he's trying to scare his prey away.
The metaphor for "harsh" could be "a bitter pill to swallow," implying something difficult to accept or endure.
I'm not sure which excerpt you are referring to. Can you provide the specific text so I can identify the line containing a metaphor?
Which volcanic feature did you find most difficult to identify? Explain why.
The metaphor "difficult to swallow" means something that is hard to accept or believe, similar to the physical act of swallowing being difficult if something is not easy to take in.
It is difficult or hard to identify a coral specimen
Whether or not prejudice is difficult or easy to identify when it is occurring varies from case to case. In some instances it is so blatant, that anyone can easily identify it. In other cases, it is more subtle and it may take longer to identify.
Because you are an idiot
It makes the speech sound more poetic