Metaphor

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A metaphor is a way of expressing an idea that cannot be conveyed literally.

For example:

"A good grasp of the language."
"Wrapped around her little finger."

"As free as a bird."
This is not a metaphor, it is a simile, because the comparison is made explicit.

When a metaphor is used often enough to be taken for granted, it is called a dead metaphor. The word "understanding," for example, is a dead metaphor coming from the idea that to "stand under" something means to know it thoroughly.

A form of metaphor commonly found in literature, and particularly in poetry, is extended metaphor or anology. This not just a sign of intelligence and wit, but also a stunning show of the capabilities of the English language. George Orwell's Animal Farm, for example, is an extended metaphor of the Russian Revolution. Pink Floyd's Wish you where here is an extended metaphor of a couple trapped in world of their own.

Hi.

Is this a metaphor or a connotation?

Wind of chloroform

Thanks.

Speaker meaning must differ from word meaning or there is no metaphor.

I don't see what the speaker could have meant by saying the heat of a summer day other than the meaning of the words the heat of a summer day, as in

The heat of a summer day can certainly make me feel lazy.

Therefore, it's not a metaphor as it stands, although perhaps some context could be created around those words which would make them metaphoric, as in

Lovely Lucy is the heat of a summer day.

CJ

uhhh i dont know either help me.