Category:Metaphors

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In language, a metaphor is a rhetorical trope where a comparison is made between two seemingly unrelated subjects. Typically, a first object is described as being a second object.

Articles in category "Metaphors"

There are 55 articles in this category.

* Metaphor B Bamboo Curtain Bandwagon effect Betamax Bija Blank check C Cherry picking Chinese fire drill The closet Conceptual metaphor Crossing the Rubicon D Dark horse Dead metaphor Desktop metaphor Domino theory E Extended metaphor G Gordian Knot Gravy train

G cont. Gripping hand H Holy Grail I Illness as Metaphor Information space Iron Curtain J Jumping the shark K Koan L Lame duck List of political metaphors M Maginot Line Melting pot Musical Chairs The Myth of Sisyphus N Neapolitan ice cream P Paper tiger Paperless office Plato's allegory of the cave Plato's metaphor of the sun The price of milk

P cont. Primary metaphor Procrustes R Ignoratio elenchi Rosetta Stone S Sacrificial lamb Salad days Slippery slope Snake oil Snowball effect Straw man Survival of the fittest T Texas sharpshooter fallacy Tragedy of the commons W White elephant Witch-hunt World civil war Y Yin and yang You have two cows