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Yes, since you cannot attach a zipper to lips, the expression is not literal or realistic but rather imaginary or figurative.
A common formula for a figurative expression is "as -- as a(n) --". The next few sentences are examples of figurative expressions. Helen is as big as a barn. Jake is as clever as a fox. June has always been as crazy as a loon. Elvis is as dead as a doornail.
Figurative expressions are things like metaphors and similes. The expression "as lonely as a cloud" would be a simile while "my crying soul" would be a metaphor. (waylink-english)
The figurative use of language can sometimes be more effective, especially in creative writing. ___ Sometimes it just makes things easier to understand. However, using figurative language can also make things more difficult to understand depending on the intention of the orator. ____ To enhance expression.
A cliche used to be an original figurative expression, but it is so overused that it is no longer creative. An original figurative expression is a unique phrase that is like a simile or metaphor.
That is an idiom (an expression or saying particular to a region that has a figurative meaning).
Metaphor
Something that is not literal. A simile or a metaphor is an example of a figurative expression.non-literal.Figuratively speaking, her blood had turned to ice.
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A cliché is a comparative expression that is no longer fresh or interesting because it has been overused. =]
Yes, since you cannot attach a zipper to lips, the expression is not literal or realistic but rather imaginary or figurative.
She used a figurative expression to describe her feelings, comparing them to a storm raging inside her.
A common formula for a figurative expression is "as -- as a(n) --". The next few sentences are examples of figurative expressions. Helen is as big as a barn. Jake is as clever as a fox. June has always been as crazy as a loon. Elvis is as dead as a doornail.
Figurative expressions are things like metaphors and similes. The expression "as lonely as a cloud" would be a simile while "my crying soul" would be a metaphor. (waylink-english)
You ask for THE figurative image and there would be many of them, however the origin of the expression is from the gold rush when people would stick a stake in the ground to claim a piece of land.
Impromptu text is written without much forethought and therefore may employ elements of literal and figurative language. Figurative language could be the use of an expression in the piece and literal language may be facts provided in the piece.