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In a metaphor you identify something with something else: Her hair was gold.
In an idiom you use some words to mean something different from their literal meaning; they usually can't translate into other languages: Don't pull my leg.
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Is you're toast a metaphor?
No it is not. It is more of an idiom.
What is the difference between a metaphor and an extended metaphor?
A metaphor is a figure of speech in which two dissimilar things are used to make a comparison, but an extended metaphor is a comparison that is continuously being made throughout a written work (more commonly in poetry).
Is my brother was boiling mad a simile or metaphor?
Its a metaphor
Is the sentence this homework is taking forever a idiom or a hyperbole?
Idiom
Which choice is a metaphor?
Which choice is a metaphor?
What is the difference of a simile metaphor and an idiom?
idiom is like discribe e.g as light as a feather
Head in the clouds idiom?
Dozing off ; Being distracted ; Not paying attention
Is Matthew has a hands of a monkey is a idiom or simile or metaphor?
metaphor
Can idioms be considered as metaphors?
No, an idiom is not the same as a metaphor. A metaphor is a comparison. An idiom is a phrase that makes no sense when taken literally.
What literary device is used in this - her heart sank?
Idiom
Is run in is a metaphor of arrested?
No. It is an idiom.
Is the saying the straw that broke the camels back an idiom or a metaphor?
a metaphor
Is Matthew has a hands of a monkey is a idiom or metaphor?
The answer is: Metaphor. It is a metaphor because you are saying that Matthew has the hands of a monkey.
Is above the law an example of a metaphor?
idiom
Is you're toast a metaphor?
No it is not. It is more of an idiom.
What idiom starts with as fresh as?
None. "As _____ as a ______" is a metaphor. The proper metaphor would be "as fresh as a daisy."
Is Didja crunch all the numbers Dad an idiom metaphor personification or onomatapoeia?
metaphor
