thank god someone else said it so I didn't have to sound like a tedious arsehole
"I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
I am a dredged ocean full of silt and shit, piled into dunes of general wankiness and overall crappery.
I should sober up.
"I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
Can I get the cliff notes on the difference between a similie and a metaphor please?
A simile is likening something to something else specifically, by use of the words 'like' or 'as' etc. ie, "I am like a gutted fish".
A metaphor transfers meaning directly to a new word, ie "I AM a gutted fish". The subject is not really a gutted fish but the metaphor lends somewhat more powerful sentiment to the assertion than the aforementioned simile would.
I hope that helped I am, as you are well aware, far too drunk to take seriously on this matter.
"I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
A simile is likening something to something else specifically, by use of the words 'like' or 'as' etc. ie, "I am like a gutted fish".
A metaphor transfers meaning directly to a new word, ie "I AM a gutted fish". The subject is not really a gutted fish but the metaphor lends somewhat more powerful sentiment to the assertion than the aforementioned simile would.
I hope that helped I am, as you are well aware, far too drunk to take seriously on this matter.
Thanks J!
I don't get it BUT trust me, it's not you it's me! Lotta people have tried to explain this to me and for some reason I just can't grasp and retain it.
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'Thick as two short planks'?
Sweep the Leg Johnny.
That's not a metaphor, that's a simile.
My dad says that one all the time.
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you beat me to it
im hungry as shit. how's that for poetic?
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That's still a simile you know...
How about "my hunger is shit?" Makes no sense, but neither does the original, come to think of it.
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A protuberance of flesh above the waistband of a tight pair of trousers
My husband says this one alot..."Im so hungry I could eat the arse out of a low flying duck"
Does that mean my shit is going to eat my asshole??
This is too funny!
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I should sober up.
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Hold on to the thread
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A metaphor transfers meaning directly to a new word, ie "I AM a gutted fish". The subject is not really a gutted fish but the metaphor lends somewhat more powerful sentiment to the assertion than the aforementioned simile would.
I hope that helped
I don't get it BUT trust me, it's not you it's me!
*~You're IT Bert!~*
Hold on to the thread
The currents will shift