Question

Help me with idioms and metephore meaning

Answer 1

an idiom is a phrase that doesn’t use the literal meanings of the words. Together the words are used to express a whole different idea. The idiom “in a nutshell” is actually meant to describe a brief or short summary. The idiom “hit the lights” means to turn on a light switch, not actually hit it.

a metaphor is a phrase that compares two unlike things WITHOUT using like or as. An example of a metaphor would be “life is a box of chocolate.” A box of chocolate and life and two completely different things, but they’re being compared in order to express something.

Answer 2

idiom- an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way)

metephore- a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)

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