If you win the lottery, you will be on easy street.
There is no real street, it is just a metaphor.
An inverted metaphor is a figure of speech where the subject and the things compared to it are reversed. For example, saying "The sun is a black hole of happiness" is an inverted metaphor because the sun (the subject) is being compared to a black hole (the metaphor).
A metaphor is a flower. A simile is like (or as) a flower. Both metaphor and simile compare one thing to another. The difference is that a simile uses the words 'like' or 'as', and metaphor doesn't. Metaphor: Life is a fountain. Simile: Life is like a fountain.
"He is a shining star in our company" is an example of an indirect metaphor, where the person is compared to a star without using "like" or "as" to make the comparison explicit.
Yes, "sea of confusion" is an example of a metaphor. It compares confusion to a vast and unsettled body of water, emphasizing the feeling of being lost and overwhelmed.
A metaphor iss to compare two things without using the words "like" or "as". For example: That lineman is a beast! His mind was a supercomputer. The music was a captivating spell.
"I am a rainbow" is a example of metaphor because it is comparing two nouns, a person, and a rainbow, but does not use like or as. "I am not anger" is an example of metaphor because it is contrasting two nouns.
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The sentence "I am a rock" is an example of a metaphor. It is comparing the speaker to a rock to convey strength, resilience, and emotional detachment.
This is an example of metaphor because it is a comparison between two unlike things (dazzling footwork and impressing others) without using "like" or "as."
In general a metaphor is just a way to think about a subject from a different angle, or to find a vivid way of expressing some idea, however, metaphor is often an exaggeration. If you say, for example, that some obese person is a whale, that is a metaphor and also an exaggeration since even the most obese person does not weigh as much as a whale.