Metaphors are a form of comparison. While similes use “as” or “like” to make comparisons, a metaphor is when you say that something is something else.

Source: Francesco Bini/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0 The most famous of all allegories is the Allegory of the Cave, in which Plato compares unphilosophical people to prisoners who, having spent their ...

No matter if you're in school or well past your days in English class, figures of speech are used every day in our lives. From songs and television shows to conversations and advertisements, we often ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ShotPrime Studio via Shutterstock Some people find it difficult to say that someone has died, so they may turn to metaphors for ...

Let's face it, no matter what time of year it is and regardless of what and where we are, it is easy, correction, very easy for us to get bored. This is coming from an NYPD detective, conflict ...