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No. metaphors connote equivocality between two things by likeness without the blatancy of using words like "like." "gunned the engine" is more of a figure of speech -- literally it is a verbalization of a noun to describe and action taken with an engine. But to say "the engine is a gun" is a metaphoric description of the engine.
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What is a explicit metaphor?
An explicit metaphor is a metaphor that is fully explained in great detail. Unlike an implicit metaphor, which the meaning has to be implied.
What is a metaphor for 'embarrassment is'?
Embarrassment metaphor
Is such a stinky flower that it makes people regret having a nose a metaphor personification simile or hyperbole?
hyperbole
What does Elaborate metaphor mean?
An elaborate metaphor is also called a sustained metaphor. It is when a metaphor is referred to multiple times throughout a piece by the author.
What part of speech is the word metaphor?
Metaphor is a noun.
What is gunned down?
If someone is "gunned down" it means they were shot, and most likely died as a result of the gunshot wound(s).
What does the phrase ''machine gunned'' mean?
Literally, it would mean being shot with a machine gun: The soldier machine-gunned the enemy. Figuratively, it can relate to things making the same sound as a machine gun (a woodpecker machine gunned in the distance), or things coming at you too rapidly to deal with them individually: they machine-gunned suggestions at her.
Another name for machine gunned?
Dead
What rhymes with hund?
Fund Shunned Gunned
Who gunned the archduke Ferdinand and his wife?
Gavrilo Princip
Is my brother was boiling mad a simile or metaphor?
Its a metaphor
Did papoose get shot?
Ye, gunned down in East NY
Why were the Aztecs and Incas easily defeated by the spanish?
because they were out gunned
What is walking dictionary a simile or a metaphor?
it is neither, it is personification
Is Frank's heart a open book a metaphor or a simile?
metaphor
Can you upgrade p4 to a higher p4?
They can be up-gunned with missiles and horsepower.
How did director Vance die?
In a shoot out at their house where Eli and her get gunned down
