metaphor
noun#8,844
Translations
- メタファーメタファー
- メタフォールメタフォール
- 暗喩あんゆ
- 隠喩いんゆ
English definition
- a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
Examples
- "He's a tiger when he's angry" is an example of metaphor.
- It's apparently a metaphor for something uncatchable, light of body and fleet of foot.