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A '''list of metaphors in the English language''' organised alphabetically by type. A [[metaphor]] is a literary [[figure of speech]] that uses an image, story or [[tangibility|tangible]] thing to represent a less tangible thing or some intangible quality or idea; e.g., "Her eyes were glistening jewels". ''Metaphor'' may also be used for any [[rhetoric]]al [[Literal and figurative language|figures of speech]] that achieve their effects via association, comparison or resemblance. In this broader sense, [[antithesis]], [[hyperbole]], [[metonymy]] and [[simile]] would all be considered types of metaphor. [[Aristotle]] used both this sense and the regular, current sense above.<ref name="English Language 1992 pp.653">''The Oxford Companion to the English Language'' (1992) pp.653–55: "A rhetorical figure with two senses, both originating with Aristotle in the 4c BC: (I) All figures of speech that achieve their effects through association, comparison and resemblance. Figures like antithesis, hyperbole, metonymy and simile are [in that sense] all species of metaphor. [But] this sense is not current, ..."</ref>
With metaphor, unlike [[analogy]], specific interpretations are not given explicitly.
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