Flowers are so fragile and so beautiful, that you can't speak about them without poetry or metaphors.
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Metaphors
Synonyms for "metaphors" (11 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Noun(3 words)
cognitive tropeconceptual metaphorfigurative expression
Strong matches (3)
Noun(3 words)
figurative languagefigure of speechmental mapping
Related words (5)
Noun(5 words)
Related word relations
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More general
8 entriescognitive mechanismconceptual devicefigurative devicefigurative languagefigure of speechfigures of speechlinguistic devicerhetorical device
More specific
6 entriesdead metaphorextended metaphorimplied metaphorontological metaphorstructural metaphorvisual metaphor
Collocations
6 entriesconceptual metaphordead metaphorextended metaphormetaphor analysismetaphor usagevisual metaphor
Derivations
5 entriesSample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Metaphors are much more tenacious than facts.
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Not only Orientals love metaphors and similes.
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Metaphors are used in everyday life.
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