English Metaphors
Everyday and literary metaphors explained simply, with meanings, examples, famous quotes and tips for writing your own.
Nature Metaphors 5 guides
- Nature Metaphors
Rain Metaphors: 40 Ways to Use (and Describe) the Rain
Don't rain on my parade! Explore 40 rain metaphors, from saving for a rainy day to creative ways writers describe the rain itself, with quotes and a quiz.
- Nature Metaphors
Sea and Ocean Metaphors: From 'Sea Change' to 'That Ship Has Sailed'
Rock the boat, weather the storm, miss the boat: 50 sea and ocean metaphors with meanings, examples, sailing origins and famous lines from poetry.
- Nature Metaphors
Water Metaphors: 50 Ways English Uses Floods, Tides and Depth
Feelings well up, time flows and work floods in. See how 50 water metaphors work, what water symbolises, famous quotes, and how to write your own.
- Nature Metaphors
Wind Metaphors for Change, Luck and Empty Talk (43 Examples)
The winds of change, a second wind, hot air: 43 wind metaphors for change, luck and talk, with creative ways to describe the wind and famous quotes.
- Nature Metaphors
Winter Metaphors: 42 Images of Cold, Snow, Old Age and Hope
Snowed under, skating on thin ice, the winter of your life: 42 winter metaphors explained, plus vivid ways to describe snow and frost in your writing.
Object Metaphors 1 guide
- Object Metaphors
Shoe Metaphors: Big Shoes to Fill, the Other Shoe Dropping and More
Put yourself in someone's shoes and learn 34 shoe and boot metaphors, from big shoes to fill to giving someone the boot, with origins and a quiz.
Ideas & Emotions 8 guides
- Ideas & Emotions
Metaphors for Connection: 45 Ways to Describe Human Bonds
Bonds, bridges, sparks and wavelengths: 45 metaphors for human connection, plus phrases for drifting apart, famous quotes and tips for writers.
- Ideas & Emotions
Metaphors for Being Stuck: 45 Ways to Say You're Going Nowhere
Spinning your wheels, treading water, back to square one: 45 metaphors for being stuck in life, work and decisions, plus phrases for getting unstuck.
- Ideas & Emotions
Metaphors for Being Trapped (and Breaking Free): 48 Examples
Stuck in a rut or living in a gilded cage? 48 metaphors for feeling trapped in life, work and love, plus ways to describe breaking free.
- Ideas & Emotions
Metaphors for Boring: 42 Ways to Describe Dull People, Jobs and Days
From a snoozefest to the daily grind and a damp squib: 42 metaphors for boring people, jobs, films and feelings, with meanings, examples and writing tips.
- Ideas & Emotions
Metaphors for Bravery: 45 Ways to Describe Courage and Brave People
Lionhearted, nerves of steel, taking the bull by the horns: 45 metaphors for bravery and courage, plus phrases for losing your nerve, famous quotes and a quiz.
- Ideas & Emotions
Metaphors for Kind People: 44 Warm Ways to Describe Kindness
Salt of the earth, a gentle giant, a guardian angel: 44 metaphors for kind and caring people, kind acts and their unkind opposites, with meanings and examples.
- Ideas & Emotions
Metaphors for Lying: From a White Lie to a Web of Lies
White lies, webs of lies and snakes in the grass: 48 metaphors for lying, liars and being deceived, with origins, famous quotes and a quiz.
- Ideas & Emotions
Metaphors for Scared: 44 Vivid Ways to Describe Fear
Your blood runs cold, you jump out of your skin, you're a bag of nerves: 44 metaphors for being scared, nervous and spooked, with meanings and examples.
