Topic: common metaphorical phrases
Peccy's photo
Sat 05/03/08 04:55 AM
slicker than deer guts on a doorknob

No1sLove's photo
Sat 05/03/08 04:55 AM
ok, not so nice, but...

take a flying leap off a low bridge

piss up a rope

take a hike

get bent




No1sLove's photo
Sat 05/03/08 04:58 AM
Edited by No1sLove on Sat 05/03/08 04:58 AM




happy as a lark

queer as a three dollar bill

sweet as a peach

not running on all eight cylinders

quiet as a mouse

randy as a rooster in a hen house
laugh laugh very nice ones!! Haven't even heard of a couple of those!!!
Really? I grew up on those. laugh You'll have to guess which ones were used on me though....laugh laugh laugh
queer as a 3 dollar bill? Not running on all 8 cylinders?
Nope...I was an angel child...quiet as a mouse, sweet as a peach and happy as a lark. flowerforyou After that, they don't know what happened. devil laugh

Jtevans's photo
Sat 05/03/08 04:59 AM

slicker than deer guts on a doorknob



i've also heard



slicker than snot on a greasy door knob

boneyjoe's photo
Sat 05/03/08 04:59 AM
darn no1,,,,,,,,is there any you don't know,,,,,,,it seems like u got them all covered,,,,,,,,,well a lot of them

No1sLove's photo
Sat 05/03/08 05:12 AM

darn no1,,,,,,,,is there any you don't know,,,,,,,it seems like u got them all covered,,,,,,,,,well a lot of them
laugh My father was full of them. laugh

Speaking of pop, here's some good ones...

quit chasin' yer tail!

get the lead out!

keep up or get out

no good deed goes unturned

idle hands are the devils workshop


Snoman1951's photo
Sat 05/03/08 05:33 AM
smooth as a babys a$$ bigsmile

Lily0923's photo
Sat 05/03/08 05:55 AM

Just list a common metaphorical phrase..

I'll start

"pee like a russian race horse"

"Useless as hensh!t on a pump handle"

"Colder than a witches tit in brass bra"

"happier than a puppy with 2 peters"

Any others out there?


The first two are similes not metaphores.

Lily0923's photo
Sat 05/03/08 05:55 AM

slicker than deer guts on a doorknob


that's a simile not a metaphore.

Peccy's photo
Sat 05/03/08 06:07 AM


slicker than deer guts on a doorknob


that's a simile not a metaphore.
I beg to differ, no "like" or "as" in mine. Not like deer guts, implying it is.

Lily0923's photo
Sat 05/03/08 06:36 AM



slicker than deer guts on a doorknob


that's a simile not a metaphore.
I beg to differ, no "like" or "as" in mine. Not like deer guts, implying it is.

A simile is a figure of speech used to make a comparison between two things, usually with the words “like” "than" or “as”.

A simile differs from a metaphor by keeping the items separate and asking the audience to find similar features instead of saying they are the same thing. A popular mnemonic for a simile is that "a simile is similar or alike."



Peccy's photo
Sat 05/03/08 06:45 AM




slicker than deer guts on a doorknob


that's a simile not a metaphore.
I beg to differ, no "like" or "as" in mine. Not like deer guts, implying it is.

A simile is a figure of speech used to make a comparison between two things, usually with the words “like” "than" or “as”.

A simile differs from a metaphor by keeping the items separate and asking the audience to find similar features instead of saying they are the same thing. A popular mnemonic for a simile is that "a simile is similar or alike."



lol........copy and paste huh? I don't recall "than" being in there.

no photo
Sat 05/03/08 06:52 AM


slicker than deer guts on a doorknob


that's a simile not a metaphore.


I don't think it's either -- there's no attempt to create a symmetrical conceptual balance. It's more of a comparative, in which one thing is said to be "more" of something (or could be "less" or "bigger" or whatever), which is structured around the concept of how A differs from B. As a simile is intended to exhibit "likeness" (similarity), and this example is built on a layered comparison, I don't think this qualifies as a simile.



no photo
Sat 05/03/08 07:23 AM
Busier than a three leeged cat in a hot sand box.

Peccy's photo
Sat 05/03/08 07:26 AM



slicker than deer guts on a doorknob


that's a simile not a metaphore.


I don't think it's either -- there's no attempt to create a symmetrical conceptual balance. It's more of a comparative, in which one thing is said to be "more" of something (or could be "less" or "bigger" or whatever), which is structured around the concept of how A differs from B. As a simile is intended to exhibit "likeness" (similarity), and this example is built on a layered comparison, I don't think this qualifies as a simile.



I'll just go with neither as Lex suggests and be done with it.

Peccy's photo
Sat 05/03/08 07:27 AM

Busier than a three leeged cat in a hot sand box.
good one! laugh laugh

Engraven_Image's photo
Sat 05/03/08 07:39 AM
Edited by Engraven_Image on Sat 05/03/08 07:42 AM



Lily0923's photo
Sat 05/03/08 07:41 AM



slicker than deer guts on a doorknob


that's a simile not a metaphore.


I don't think it's either -- there's no attempt to create a symmetrical conceptual balance. It's more of a comparative, in which one thing is said to be "more" of something (or could be "less" or "bigger" or whatever), which is structured around the concept of how A differs from B. As a simile is intended to exhibit "likeness" (similarity), and this example is built on a layered comparison, I don't think this qualifies as a simile.





The subject was implied, therefore a simile. I'll stand my ground on this one.

Peccy's photo
Sat 05/03/08 07:49 AM




slicker than deer guts on a doorknob


that's a simile not a metaphore.


I don't think it's either -- there's no attempt to create a symmetrical conceptual balance. It's more of a comparative, in which one thing is said to be "more" of something (or could be "less" or "bigger" or whatever), which is structured around the concept of how A differs from B. As a simile is intended to exhibit "likeness" (similarity), and this example is built on a layered comparison, I don't think this qualifies as a simile.





The subject was implied, therefore a simile. I'll stand my ground on this one.
The very word simile means similar. What is similar her between deer guts and a door knob? And what was implied?
The slickness? LOL..........not going to quibble over such stupid stuff!

isaac_dede's photo
Sat 05/03/08 10:41 AM
wow,
I forgot a lot of those.

"disappeared like a fart in whirlwind"

"dryer than a popcorn fart"