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Rumpus Book ClubThe Best Metaphors Ever
“She had a deep, throaty, genuine laugh, like that sound a dog makes just before it throws up.”
“It was an American tradition, like fathers chasing kids around with power tools.”
“He was as tall as a six-foot, three-inch tree.”
“He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck, either, but a real duck that was actually lame, maybe from stepping on a land mine or something.”
Some “Funny metaphors used in high school essays.” (via @jessfleming)
March 25th, 2010 at 7:36 am
http://www.snopes.com/humor/lists/metaphor.asp
March 25th, 2010 at 9:13 am
Ah, yes … I suspected something like that. Hence the scare quotes. Still, they are pretty freakin’ hilarious.
May 9th, 2010 at 4:08 pm
these are similes…