It is a metaphor that has lost its original meaning because of regular and repetitive use. This can also be caused by the evolution of language. An example might be that 'the telephone is ringing' a phrase still used a because original telephones contained bells.
An explicit metaphor is a metaphor that is fully explained in great detail. Unlike an implicit metaphor, which the meaning has to be implied.
Embarrassment metaphor
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.
hyperbole
A metaphor for a skeleton could be "the framework of existence." This comparison suggests that just as a skeleton provides structure and support for the body, the fundamental aspects of life or a concept serve as the underlying framework that holds everything together. It implies that without this foundational structure, everything would fall apart or lack coherence.
yea
Metaphor
yes cause it isnt a simile, similes have like in it but that is revering to something so yes it is a metaphor
That grass is deader than a skeleton!
It's Land of the Dead (2005).All of Romero's zombie movies are a metaphor for something. Apparently (from what I've heard) Night of the Living Deadis a metaphor for Communism, or the Vietnam War, or something like that.I really don't understand; I've never seen anything in Night of the Living Dead (1968) that relates to Communism or Vietnam in any way, even metaphorically/symbolically.But, Land of the Dead is the one that's a metaphor for the lower class rising up. Unlike Night of the Living Dead, the metaphor in Land of the Dead is pretty freaking obvious. It's really hard to miss.
It's a very old metaphor for death - it was seen in print by 1350.
In "A Word is Dead," Emily Dickinson employs literary devices such as personification (e.g., "dead" being used to describe a word), paradox (the comparison between a dead word and a living bird), metaphor (the use of a word as a metaphor for life and death), and imagery (depicting the word's immortality through its power to evoke emotions).
Its a metaphor
it is neither, it is personification
metaphor
Implied metaphor is when it gives you the metaphor but doesn't tell what the subject is. A regular metaphor tells you the subject of it.
Are you asking about seeing this in a a dream or as a metaphor in a book maybe? Because if you are asking about seeing it in reality, seems pretty obvious, he is dead and won't be home for dinner anymore.