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a laugh in the sea of sadnessThe noise is music to his earsHe swam in the sea of diamondsHis belt was a snake curling around his waistLove is a growing garlandYour friendship is the picture to my frameOnce your heart's been broken it grows back biggerHis hair is a white snowflake and his hair is a messy haystackHe is all heartbrokenThe pigeons fountained into the airHer hair was bone whiteHe tried to help but his legs were waxIt's raining cats and dogsWords are false IdolsIdeas are wingsThe sea is a hungry lionShe is a dog when she is hungryA light in a sea of darknessStrength and dignity is what she is made ofHe is the sun of my skyLight of their lifeLife is a mere dream, a fleeting shadow on a cloudy dayDrowning in the seaInformation travels faster in this modern age as our days start crawling away Reality is an enemySpiritual seeking is treasure huntingLife's journey is a bicycle ride down the hillIdeas are waterThoughts are a storm, unexpectedA light in a sea of darkness.Each episode narrated in the book is a slice-of-life snapshot of the protagonist. Life is a mere dream, a fleeting shadow on a cloudy day.Life has a tendency to come back and bite you.He is my East and my West, my compass.Love is a nutrientLove is a journeyLove is a unity of partsLove is a bondLove is a fluid in a containerLove is fireLove is an economic exchangeLove is a natural forceLove is a physical forceLove is a camera, full of memoriesLove is an opponentLove is a captive animalLove is warLove is a social superiorLove is rapture/a highLove is a fine wineLove is a gardenLove is a battlefieldLove is the airLove is an experimentLove is like an adventureLove is a fragile flower opening to the warmth of springLove is a lemon - either bitter or sweetThe toddlers looked at each other as if they had just been told their mutual funds had taken a complete nosedive.She was a couch potato in the gravy boat of life, flopping dejectedly on the sofa.It will take a big tractor to plow the fertile fields of his mind.Suddenly, she was pinned by the spotlight, a struggling fish caught in a spider's webAll at once he was alone in this noisy hive with no place to roost.The beautiful child was the center of attention, with his golden curls and tuna fish complexion. There is no difference between a forced bachelor and an involuntarily herbivorous lion.Do you have to ape Peter Pan in every aspect of your life?A colony of E.coli growing on room temperature Canadian beef could not match their affection for each other.Standing at the corner cubicle, suddenly the two of them heard a growing sound of barely hushed giggles. At the root of it was the little girl who called them the twin towers of the office.Her face was a perfect oval with two sides of a circle gently compressed by a Thigh Master. Underpants in a dryer and thoughts in his head displayed the same degree of making and breakingalliances.The revelation of infidelity in a 30 years marriage and surcharge at a formerly surcharge free A TM can be equally shocking.Even in his last years, Granddad had a steel trap mind, only one that had been left out so long, it had rusted shut.The young fighter had a hungry look, the kind you get from not eating for a while.Her eyes were limpid pools, only they had forgotten to put in any pH cleanser.Between the lower east side tenements, the sky is a snotty handkerchief. ~ The Butt of Winter, Marge PiercyA man may break a word with you, sir, and words are but wind. ~ The Comedy of Errors, William ShakespeareThe streets were a furnace, the sun an executioner. ~ Rosa, Cynthia OzickBut my heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill. ~ The Lonely Hunter, William Sharp Love is an alchemist that can transmute poison into food - and a spaniel that prefers even punishment from one hand to caresses from another. ~ Lacon, Charles Caleb ColtonThe greater part of the untested men appeared quiet and absorbed. They were going to look at war, the red animal - the blood-swollen god. ~ The Red Badge of Courage, Stephen CraneMen's words are bullets, that their enemies take up and make use of against them. ~ Maxims of State, George Savile, 1st Marquess of HalifaxLanguage is a road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going. ~ Rita Mae BrownGlamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shalt beWhat thou art promised. Yet do I fear thy nature;It is too full o' the milk of human kindnessTo catch the nearest way. ~ Macbeth: Act I, Scene V, William ShakespeareMemory is a crazy woman that hoards colored rags and throws away food. ~ Keystones of Thought, Austin O'MalleyLove is the wild card of existence. ~ In Her Day, Rita Mae BrownTime is a dressmaker specializing in alterations. ~ Face Toward the Spring, Faith BaldwinIt sometimes is difficult for a child to understand metaphors, but with the help of these metaphor examples for kids, I am sure you will find it easier to help your child.Her bubbly personality cheered him up.You light up my life with your presence.According to her, only shades of gray make up life.A colorful remark was not half bad either.His deep dark secret was revealed to everyone.My memory is a little cloudy about that incident.The United States of America is a shining example of democracy.The stench of failure should not depress you.She could not digest the news when she heard it.Extended metaphors extend beyond one sentence and often go beyond that. Here are two instances where extended metaphors have been used.The winds were ocean waves, thrashing against the trees limbs. The gales remained thereafter, only ceasing when the sun went down. Their waves clashed brilliantly with the water beneath, bringing foam and dying leaves to the shore.The teacher descended upon the exams, sank his talons into their pages, ripped the answers to shreds, and then, perching in his chair, began to digest.When two or more unrelated metaphors are used in a single sentence to convey a single thought it is called a mixed metaphor. They are usually employed in order to parody the concept of metaphors itself. These should not be confused with extended metaphors where several comparisons are used, but they are related to one another in some way or the other.Clinton stepped up to the plate and grabbed the bull by the horn.If we can hit that bull's-eye then the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards... Checkmate. ~ Zapp Brannigan in the sitcom FuturamaThat wet blanket is a loose cannon.The movie struck a spark that massaged the audience's conscience.Mr Speaker, I smell a rat; I see him forming in the air and darkening the sky; but I'll nip him in the bud. ~ Boyle Roche, Irish politicianRead more at Buzzle: /articles/metaphor-examples.htmlA dead metaphor is a metaphor which has seized to be a metaphor owing to frequent and repeated usage. In other words, the origin of the metaphorical phrase has been forgotten and the phrase is now understood in keeping with its literal connotation.The body of an essayInitially, the "body" referred to the anatomical composition of a human being. Nobody now will remotely make that comparative association between a human being and an essay. Body of an essay has traveled down centuries to mean the main part of an essay in today's times.So, to quote Max Black in More About Metaphor:[A] so-called dead metaphor is not a metaphor at all, but merely an expression that no longer has a pregnant metaphorical use."John is the Tiger Woods of his golf team.": In this example, John is being compared to Tiger Woods. However, there is no use of the words 'like' or 'as' which would have implied a direct comparison. This makes it a metaphor (using two proper nouns)."His hair was bone white.": Here, the whiteness of the person's hair is being indirectly compared to that of a bone's. Again, there is no use of 'like' or 'as' which would have meant direct comparison.Hope these examples have helped you understand what metaphors are. Given below are some other examples that you should be able to understand easily now."The teacher descended upon the exams, sank his talons into their pages, ripped the answers to shreds, and then, perching in his chair, began to digest.""Brian was a wall, bouncing every tennis ball back over the net.""Dean can be such a frightened kitten at times.""She wore a sunny smile that brightened up the room.""Our old cat, a bolt of lightning, caught his prey.""I am not Anger.""The homework was a breeze.""I have a foggy memory of the incident.""This joke is aging quickly.""The storyline of the movie gave him something to chew on.""A million ideas began spinning in her head as she watched the teacher write the assignment question on the board.""She tried to get attention with her loud dressing, and it worked!"Hope these examples have helped you to understand this figure of speech better. Metaphors are often used in poetry. They give it a lively feeling and can be a great vehicle to express the poet's thoughts in a creative manner. One such example is what I'm going to leave you with. This one's by Belinda in the 'Writing Process Kids Activity Set'My family lives inside a medicine chest:Dad is the super-size band aid, strong and powerfulbut not always effective in a crisis.Mom is the middle-size tweezer,which picks and pokes and pinches.David is the single small aspirin on the third shelf,sometimes ignored.Muffin, the sheep dog, is a round cotton ball, stained and dirty,that pops off the shelf and bounces in my way as I open the door.And I am the wood and glue which hold us all together with my love.。