Metaphors

All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players They have their exits and their entrances - William Shakespeare A metaphor is a figure of speech that is used to give effect to a statement. A bland statement such as he was sad does not convey the proper emotions when compared to a statement describing a sea of grief. The metaphor is sure to give the reader a better idea of the depths of grief in this situation. The word metaphor comes from the Greek word metapherin (meaning "transfer"). The simplest form of metaphor is: "The [first thing] is a [second thing]." Examples My child is the sun in my sky. You are the light of my life. My daughter is the apple of my eye. I see a light in a sea of darkness. He has a heart of stone. The noise is music to my ears. She ran like the wind. School is a gateway to adulthood. Her eyes were fireflies. I was lost in a sea of nameless faces. The answer to the problem was just a Band-Aid, not a solution. In capitalism, money is the life blood of society and charity is the soul. Her heart was cold iron. Laughter is the music of the soul. The teacher planted the seeds of wisdom. Words are the weapons with which we wound. Scars are the roadmap to the soul. We are all shadows on the wall of time. Life's journey is a bicycle ride down the hill His positive attitude is a lighthouse for the hopeful. His advice is a valuable guiding light. Their marriage was a new chapter in their lives. New ideas blossomed in her mind. Shes a butterfly still in her cocoon. Her sons birth was a new sunrise in her life. His plans were rock solid. Inner peace is a stairway to heaven. Fading memories are footprints in sand. Knowledge is a seedling for freedom. Thoughts are the seeds of creation.

Interesting origin of phrases Dog in the manger

Meaning The expression refers to a person who selfishly withholds from others something useless to himself or herself. The expression comes from one of the ancient Greek fables ascribed to Aesop. In this fable, a dog went into a stable and fell asleep on the hay in a manger (an open box designed to hold food for livestock). Later a hungry horse enters the stable and tries to eat. But the dog, angry because it had been awakened, barked and snapped and would not let the animal eat. However the dog himself does not like the food that was kept there. Today the expression is still widely used. Anyone who neither enjoys a thing nor allows others to enjoy it is called a dog in the manger. PS: The phrase was so popular that people invented spin-offs: He was ill-mannered and dog-in-the-mangery". She wanted to satisfy her dog-in-the-mangerish jealousy". He displayed an act of official dog-in-the-mangerism".