How is an idiom different from a simile?

Answer 1

* * === === On the other hand, if you say "the Rugby player cradled the giant egg ball" or "thistle spines pierced my skin when the cat leapt up", you are using metaphor. You are describing something as though it is actually something else. In one of my poems I call a dark cloud "a raven's wing". That's metaphor. I don't say the cloud is like a raven's wing. I wrote a poem called Silken Thingswhich is full of metaphor because the things are none of them actually made of silk. * === === Idioms are words, phrases, or expressions that cannot be taken literally. In other words, when used in everyday language, they have a meaning other than the basic one you would find in the dictionary. Every language has its own idioms. Learning them makes understanding and using a language a lot easier and more fun!

Answer 2

An analogy shows similarity between things that might seem different like an extended metaphor or simile. It can be a logical argument: if two things are alike in some ways, they are alike in some other ways as well. Analogy is often used to help provide insight by comparing an unknown subject to one that is more familiar. It can also show a relationship between pairs of things. For example, an analogy of an ecosystem would be a class consisting of many students of different races.

A metaphor is a figure of speech that uses one thing to mean another and makes a comparison between the two. For example, my brother is a pig. (It means the brother eats a lot)

Answer 3

A similie is saying that 1 thing is like another.

For example;

The snow was like icing sugar. or

The box was as light as a feather.

A metaphor is saying 1 thing is another.

For example;

The cloud is a soft marshmallow. Also similes use the words like or as but metaphors don't.

A similie is comparing two things using like or as

A metaphor is comparing two things without like or as.

Answer 4

a metaphor is when you say something like my teacher is a fountain of knowledge is a metaphor and an idiom is when cant really get the understanding like you are pushing my buttons.

A metaphor is when you compare one thing to another, saying that it is that thing. An idiom is a phrase that doesn't make sense when said literally.

Answer 5

An idiom is a phrase that cannot be understood unless you know the definition. A simile follows the form "as ___ as ___" or "like ____" to compare two things. Just remember, when you see AS, you have A Simile.

Answer 6

the difference between a simile and a metaphor is that a simile is where you compare a thing to another, where as in a metaphor you say that something is something

Answer 7

they are both comparing something

Answer 8

an adjective is usually one word.

Answer 9

A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable and a simile is a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g. as brave as a lion ). I would advise you to write down 5 similes and metaphors and learn the difference between them.