Can't we use a simile here?
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Simile
/ˈsɪməli/
Synonyms for "simile" (111 found)
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approximationassimilationbalancingcatachresischiasmuscircumlocutionclimaxclosenesscommunitycomparabilitycomparative anatomycomparative degreecomparative grammarcomparative judgmentcomparative linguisticscomparative literaturecomparative methodcomparecomparingcomparison
Noun(1 words)
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emphasisexclamationfigure of speechgeminationhypallagehyperbatonhyperboleidentityimageimitationinversionironylikenesslikeninglitotesmalapropismmatchingmeiosismetaphormetonymy
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mimickingnearnessonomatopoeiaopposingoppositionoxymoronparallelismparegmenonparenthesisparityperiphrasispersonificationpleonasmpreteritionprolepsisproportionregressionrelationrepetitionresemblancesamenesssarcasmsemblancesimilaritysimilitudesimulationspeechspoonerismsyllepsissymplocesynecdochetrope of comparisonweighingzeugma
Noun(1 words)
extended comparison
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4 entrieschain simileexplicit simileextended similemulti clause simile
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6 entriesclassic simileexplicit simileextended simileliterary similepoetic similesimple simile
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6 total sentences available.
A simile is like a bridge.
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He made a simile of George the third to Nebuchadnezzar, and of the prince regent to Belshazzar, and insisted that the prince represented the latter in not paying much attention to what had happened to kings […]
Source: wiktionary
The second was a fancy, which amounts to a mania, for similes, strung together in endless lists, and derived as a rule from animals, vegetables, or minerals, especially from the Fauna and Flora of fancy.
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