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There are supposedly 18 different types of metaphors,
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:30 am
by donnach
is this one of them?
She hated shopping with the heat of a thousand suns.
Is "with the heat of a thousand suns" a metaphor? Could it possibly be an adverbial metaphor? Or is it not a metaphor at all, but rather an adverbial phrase?
Thanks,
Donna
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 2:01 pm
by mesomorph
meso laughs at the grammar teachers attempts to quantify metaphors
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 2:36 pm
by donnach
Why do you laugh? (Though it is kind of a useless exercise because now I can't even remember what a submerged metaphor is, let alone all the other types.)
Don't you ever *need* to know some useless piece of information that you will promptly forget as soon as you find out?
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 2:47 pm
by mesomorph
I laugh because it is funny.
The nomenclatures of metaphors are not universally accepted.
Metaphors are essentially abstract and when people try to define the abstract in concrete terms I laugh.
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 2:50 pm
by donnach
I see.
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 2:55 pm
by mesomorph
'with the heat of a thousand suns' is a metaphor.
If you want to give it a name it is probably a 'conceptual metaphor'.
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:09 pm
by donnach
Thanks!
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:28 pm
by fluffyhamster
I'd say shopping with the heat of a thousand suns wouldn't be too pleasant - why not go or stay somewhere with air conditioning?
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:18 pm
by donnach
Whoever hates shopping with the heat of a thousand suns has me beat by a good three suns.
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 12:47 pm
by aprillove20
A metaphor is the expression of an understanding of one concept in terms of another concept. 'with the heat of a thousand suns' is a metaphor.