Metaphor

(the use of) an expression which means or describes one thing or idea using words usually used of something else with very similar qualities. It does not use words “as” or “like”. A metaphor implies the comparison.

• Ignorance is a cancer that must be cured.
• The sunshine of her smile.
• The rain came down in buckets.
• I am a nice guy. I am all bark and no bite.
• You don’t hire a dog and bark yourself.
• to be ready to speak at the drop of a hat
• Dwight Eisenhower: Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.
• Dwight Eisenhower: Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you're a thousand miles from the corn field.
• Dwight Eisenhower: If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.
• Dwight Eisenhower: Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs.
• Dwight Eisenhower: There is no victory at bargain basement prices.
• Dwight Eisenhower: What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
• The straw that breaks the camel's back.
• Someone who is enthusiastic and confident, but lacks ability and experience will rush in where angels fear to tread.
• That's putting the cart before the horse.
• That's the tail wagging the dog.
• I hate to rain on your parade.
• She has too many irons on the fire. (She is very busy.)
• It is the thought that counts. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. (Take what you have been given without criticism or emphasis on its worth)
• People in hell want ice water too. (Unlikely to happen) (asking too much)
• I have given you my best. Don’t try to squeeze a quart from a pint jug. (pushing the limits)
• Don’t bite more than you can chew.
• An egg today is better than a hen tomorrow.
• Language is the dress of thought.
• When the cat is away, the mice will play.