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relating to 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 »der Frühling des Lebens« or »jemanden übers Ohr hauen«)
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Is it a metaphor or not?
Ich bin gespannt wie ein Bettlaken
Is this metaphor or not? … From here:
A metaphor states that one thing is another thing
It equates those two things not because they actually are the same, but for the sake of comparison or symbolism
If you take a metaphor …
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