What are some short metaphors?

Examples of Common Metaphors

Anger bottled up inside	He was a Lion on the battlefield	Scapegoat
Apple of my eye	Home was prison	Sea of ghosts
Batten down the hatches	Homework is a breeze	Sea of knowledge
Battle of egos	House of cards	Sea of love
Belling the cat	Hungry ghost	Sea of sadness

What is a popular metaphor?

-Popular Iconic Metaphor is added to the cognitive linguistic lexicon of figurative language. Popular Iconic Metaphors employ real or fictional celebrities of popular culture as source domains in figurative discourse.

What are the 20 examples of metaphor?

Animal Metaphors

• The classroom was a zoo.
• The alligator’s teeth are white daggers.
• She is a peacock.
• My teacher is a dragon.
• Mary’s eyes were fireflies.
• The computers at school are old dinosaurs.
• He is a night owl.
• Maria is a chicken.

What are 10 metaphors?

Kid-Friendly Metaphors

• The classroom was a zoo.
• The alligator’s teeth are white daggers.
• She is a peacock.
• My teacher is a dragon.
• Mary’s eyes were fireflies.
• The computers at school are old dinosaurs.
• He is a night owl.
• Maria is a chicken.

Is feeling under the weather a metaphor?

The expression feeling “under the weather” is not a metaphor, but rather an idiom.

How do you write a metaphor?

How to create fantastic metaphors.

1. Choose a character, object, or setting. Say, for example, you’re going to write a metaphor about a soccer goalie.
2. Focus on a particular scene you’re describing.
3. Now think of some other objects that share characteristics you identified in Step 1.
4. Take your metaphor and expand on it.