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A m_______ is an imaginative way of describing something by referring to something else which is the same in a particular way. For example, if you want to say that someone is very shy and frightened of things, you might say that they are a mouse .A metaphor is an imaginative way of describing something by referring to something else which is the same in a particular way. For example, if you want to say that someone is very shy and frightened of things, you might say that they are a mouse ....the avoidance of 'violent expressions and metaphors' like 'kill two birds with one stone'....the writer's use of metaphor. nounA metaphor is an imaginative way of describing something by referring to something else which is the same in a particular way. For example, if you want to say that someone is very shy and frightened of things, you might say that they are a mouse ....the avoidance of 'violent expressions and metaphors' like 'kill two birds with one stone'....the writer's use of metaphor.If one thing is a metaphor for another, it is intended or regarded as a symbol of it.The divided family remains a powerful metaphor for a society tearing itself apart. B2

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metaphor metaphors

query	A m_______ is an imaginative way of describing something by referring to something else which is the same in a particular way. For example, if you want to say that someone is very shy and frightened of things, you might say that they are a mouse .A metaphor is an imaginative way of describing something by referring to something else which is the same in a particular way. For example, if you want to say that someone is very shy and frightened of things, you might say that they are a mouse . ...the avoidance of 'violent expressions and metaphors' like 'kill two birds with one stone'. ...the writer's use of metaphor.
word	metaphor
full-definition	noun A metaphor is an imaginative way of describing something by referring to something else which is the same in a particular way. For example, if you want to say that someone is very shy and frightened of things, you might say that they are a mouse . ...the avoidance of 'violent expressions and metaphors' like 'kill two birds with one stone'. ...the writer's use of metaphor. If one thing is a metaphor for another, it is intended or regarded as a symbol of it. The divided family remains a powerful metaphor for a society tearing itself apart.
inflections	metaphors
cefr-level	B2

Metaphor Imaginative Describing Referring Shy Frightened Things Mouse