1. People always compare teachers to burning candles.
Teachers are often pared to burning candles.
2. He likes to use metaphors in his speech.
He likes to talk in similitude.
3. In poetry, life is compared to morning dew.
Life is poetically pared to the morning dew.
4. He is a child born with a silver spoon in his mouth, which is a metaphor for being born into a wealthy family.
He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
5. Strong people are often compared to lions.
A strong man is often pared to a lion.
6. Chicken feed? I suspect it's just a metaphor.
He pays his laborers chicken feed.
7. He wanted to use softball as an analogy.
He wanted to use the baseball as a metaphor.
8. This habit of metaphor in his mind weakened his ability to judge.
This figurative habit of his mind crippled his judgment.
9. He compared this transition to going from a healthy salad to a greasy burger.
He likened the shift to that from a healthy salad to a greasy hamburger.
10. He is as slippery as a fox. He is cunning. Be careful with him.
He's as sly as a fox. He's foxy. You've got to watch him.
11. You donkey! You stupid donkey! How could you do that? What kind of thing is happening?!
You ass! You stupid ass! How could you do a thing like that?!
12. He has no opinions of his own and can only imitate others. < /p>
He doesn't have an idea of ??his own. He just parrots what other people say.
13. The children are as busy as bees preparing for the holidays.
The Children were as busy as bees, making Preparations for the festival.
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