Category:Metaphors

In language, a metaphor is a rhetorical trope where a comparison is made between two seemingly unrelated subjects. Typically, a first object is described as being a second object.

Articles in category "Metaphors"

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Metaphor B Bamboo Curtain Bandwagon effect Betamax Bija Blank check Butterfly effect C Chinese fire drill The closet Conceptual metaphor D Dark horse Dead metaphor Desktop metaphor Domino effect Domino theory E Extended metaphor F Figurehead G Gordian Knot

G cont. Gripping hand H Heart (Symbolism and Metaphor) Holy Grail I Illness as Metaphor Information space Iron Curtain J Jumping the shark K Koan L Lame duck List of political metaphors M Maginot Line Melting pot Musical Chairs The Myth of Sisyphus N Neapolitan ice cream P Paperless office Plato's allegory of the cave Plato's metaphor of the sun Primary metaphor

P cont. Procrustes R Ignoratio elenchi Rosetta Stone S Sacrificial lamb Salad days Slippery slope Snowball effect Straw man Survival of the fittest T Texas sharpshooter fallacy Third rail Tragedy of the commons W White elephant Witch-hunt World civil war Y Yin Yang You have two cows