The word metaphor comes from the Greek word ‘metaphora’ which means carrying a word or term over or beyond.
Greek meta means over or beyond and pherein means to carry or bear.
Metaphor is a figure of speech where there is an implicit competition between two different things or ideas.
Examples of Metaphor
- He is the pillar of the state.
- The camel is the ship of the desert.
- The word is a lamp to my feet.
- Loliness is young ambition’s ladder
- I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!
