Examples of Metaphors – Flashcards
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A comparison between two "unlike" things without using the word "like" or the word "as."
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The detective listened to her tales with a wooden face.
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John's answer to the problem was just a Band-Aid, not a solution.
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He pleaded for her forgiveness but Janet's heart was cold iron.
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The gym in the afternoon was a circus and the teacher was a dancing bear.
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Katie's plan to get into college was a house of cards on a crooked table.
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The computer in the classroom was an old dinosaur.
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Laughter is the music of the soul.
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David is a worm for what he did to Shelia.
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The teacher planted the seeds of wisdom.
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That burden is my cross to bear.
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Each blade of grass was a tiny bayonet pointed firmly at our bare feet.
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The daggers of heat pierced through his black t-shirt.
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Her hope was a fragile seed.
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When Ninja Robots came on TV, the boys were glued in their seats.
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Words are the weapons with which we wound.
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The test was a walk in the park.
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She let such beautiful pearls of wisdom slip from her mouth without even knowing.
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Don't trouble your little peanut head over the problem.
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She cut him down with her words.
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The quarterback was throwing nothing but rockets and bombs in the field.
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..We are all shadows on the wall of time.
