* He was almost at the end of his tether when he stumbled on the solution of his difficulty.
6) Denominative-verb metaphor
When a noun serves as a verb, it becomes a denominative verb, which has two-fold meaning.
2) Verbal metaphor
Verbal metaphor refers to the metaphor whose metaphorical implication is expressed by verb.
* Her eyes ຫໍສະໝຸດ ored into him.* Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
隐喻也是一种比喻，它不用比喻词，直接把喻体当作本体来描述， 其比喻关系隐含在句意中，从而更生动，更深刻地说明事理，增 强语言的表现力。
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1) Nominal metaphor Nominal metaphor refers to the metaphor in which the metaphorical meaning is mainly expressed by noun. * Time is money.
Webster’s New world dictionary ：a figure of speech containing an implied comparison, in which a word or phrase ordinarily and primarily used of one thing is applied to another.
4) Quasi-metaphor
Quasi-metaphor refers to the metaphor whose implication is shown by the word formed with some suffixes such as "-ry", 'ly", "-sh", "ic",etc.
* He was such a marvellous person that whenever he recognized a spark of genius, he'd water it.
Metaphor
隐喻
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It is a word or a phrase used in an imaginative way to describe sb/sth else, in order to show that the two things have the same quantities and to make the description more powerful.
8) Alphabetic metaphor
Alphabetic metaphor refers to a metaphor in which a letter of alphabet serves as vehicle
* Long lines of women, bent double like inverted capital Ls,
In a condensed metaphor, the tenor is used to modify the vehicle.
* Hurstwood complied and the car shot away, followed by a rattle of stones and a rain of curses.
In this case, this metaphorical meaning is expressed by the
denominal verb, which is known as denominative-verb
metaphor.
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7)Condensed metaphor
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3) Adjective metaphor Adjective metaphor refers to the metaphor whose metaphorical meaning is indicated by adjective. * I could hardly put up with his acid remarks.
* The fat man licked his lips. His piggy eyes , as if unbelieving, were focused upon her own.
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5) Idiomic or proverbial metaphor
Idiomatic or proverbial metaphor refers to a metaphor which contain an idiom or proverb.
working their way slowing acro.ss the fields.
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9)Mixed metaphor
Mixed metaphor is the thoughtless use of more than one metaphor in a context so that incongruous images are brought to mind. It is the junction of two inconsistent metaphors, which can produce a special effect , a very amusing, but illogical imagery.