The dogs bed is a marshmallow it looks so comfortable.

Example on metaphor. The answer is that they are both soft. Here are fifty more challenging examples of metaphors. A metaphor suggests that one thing is something else.

In other words the metaphor exchanges concepts showing similarity between them. Other examples of common metaphors are night owl cold feet beat a dead horse early bird couch potato eyes were fireflies apple of my eye heart of stone heart of a lion roller coaster of emotions and heart of gold 2. A metaphor uses this similarity to help the writer make a point.

Lets rewind to the definition of a metaphor as a figure of speech. David bullies kids like the devil lording over the world. For example In the heat of the moment she turned to ice and danced to the beat of her own drum Root Metaphors - These metaphors are so rooted in everyday language and assumptions we hardly even recognize them as metaphors.

One of the most famous examples of metaphor in the English language comes from William Shakespeares As You Like It in which the playwright writes. 51 Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare. 52 Fog by Carl Sandburg.

Metaphor Examples for Advanced Readers. Uses metaphor and simile. In capitalism money is the life blood of society but charity is the soul.

I was lost in a sea of nameless faces. Does not include like or as. In capitalism money is the life blood of society but charity is the soul.