Definition
To be specifically
Comparison is implied. It is also a comparison between two unlike elements with a similar quality. But unlike a simile, this comparison is implied, not expressed with the word "as" or "like". Metaphor compares two different things by speaking of one in ter ms of the other. Unlike a simile or analogy, metaphor asserts that one t hing is another thing, not just that one is like another.
Examples
Related to Body Organ
Tongue in cheek (假心假意) Medical finger （无名指 ） From the bottom of one’s heart（真诚地） With a strong arm （使用高压手段 ） Using fist law （使用暴力法则 ） Have one’s foot on the neck of another person （残暴地控 制别人 ） Have the gallows in one‘ s face （这人看面相不得善终 ） Yellow streak down one‘ s back （显示该人性格懦弱 ）
Examples
Metaphor in the Sentence
Without a friend，the world is wildness． 没有朋友，世界便成了荒野。 Virtue is a jewel of great price． 美德乃是无价宝。 A good tongue is a good weapon． 口齿伶俐，是件利器。 Deeds are fruits，words are but leaves． 行动是果实，言语只是叶子。 the word is a ladder for someone to go up and down. 世界于人为梯子。有人爬升有人降。 Words are women，deeds are men. 言论止于温柔，行动才有力量。 Do not wash your dirty linen in the public. 家丑不可外扬。
Examples
Related to Flowers and Plants
Snowdrop(雪花：希望、节操、幸运 ) Violet (紫罗兰：同情、谦虚、贞洁、心平气和 ) Daffodil（水仙：真诚、恳切 ） Primrose（樱花：爱和嫉妒 ） Madonna Lily （法国百合：纯洁、忘我之境 ） Rose （玫瑰：真实的爱、痴情如火的贞节 ） Carnation （石竹：体贴、遐想） Heather（石南：爱孤独、福星高照） Goldenrod（秋麒麟：成功 ） Rosemary/chrysanthemum)（迷迭香：怀念/菊花：热诚,情如烈火的贞节 ） Ivy （常春藤：出色的才能 ） Christmas（圣诞蔷薇：优美、慈悲、同情 ） Marigold (万寿菊：悲伤、悔恨 ) White Poppy（白罂粟花：麻木、忘却 ）
Structural form of metaphor
(2)
喻体半隐式
He doesn’t have an idea of his own. He just parrots what other people say. 他没有自己的观点，只会鹦鹉学舌。 A heavy silence blanketed the room. 整个房子沉浸在一片沉默中。 They stormed the speaker with questions. 他们猛烈质问演讲者。
Metaphor
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Metaphor
• Definition(定义) • Structural form of metaphor(隐喻的结构特征) • Some examples of metaphor(隐喻举例)
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• What is metaphor? • A word or a phrase used in an imaginative way to describe sb./ sth. else, in order to sho w that the two things have the same quantiti es and to make the description more powerf ul, for example, she has a heart of stone; the use of such words and phrases.
Examples
Related to Food
Small potato（微不足道的人物) Hot potato （麻烦的事情、烫手的山芋） Pumpkin（重要人物 、大亨） Lettuce（在美式英语里：钱） Onion（人的头脸或搞糟的事、令人讨厌的家伙） Garlic（不受欢迎的东西） Peanut（矮小、渺小的人） Turkey（因外形笨拙被用来形容无用的人） Wheat （朴实的人、乡下人） Corn（陈腐、伤感的思想或乐曲） The meat of something(比喻最主要的一部分内容) Full of beans(形容人精力充沛) Spill the beans（有意或无意泄漏消息）
Structural form of metaphor
（3）喻体全隐式
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed and some few to be chewed and digested 一些书浅尝即可，另外一些书则要囫囵吞下，只有少数的 书才值得咀嚼和消化。 把 book比作food, 但food 这个喻体并没有出现。取而 代之的是 taste, swallow, chew, and digest.
Structural form of metaphor
(1)
喻体直述式
A book that is shut is but a block. 总是合着的书只不过是一块砖头而已。 College is a comma of a sentence of life. 大学就是人生长句的一个逗号。
在上面两句中，喻体 block and comma一目了然， 十分明确地描写 了本体的特征。