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Originally Posted by atisketatasket
Metaphor: His heart was iron. (Compares two things.)
Analogy: There are plenty of fish in the sea. (Means something other than it sounds like: There's more than one person out there for you.)
Euphemism: He was let go yesterday. (Avoids negative words. Let go is better than fired.)
Does that help at all?
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Yes, thank you. I think I mix up metaphor and analogies all the time.
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Originally Posted by stopdog
I remember my mother trying to get me to wear make up. I did not like the way it felt on my face and rebelled against the idea that women need to change the way they look for others when men are not expected to do so.
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Yes! I rarely wore make up and always thought (still think) that it is completely unfair and ridiculous that women "should" wear makeup to "look better" when men don't. Over the past few years I've started wearing eyeliner every day because I looked ridiculously tired without it. But other than that, with an ocassional lip gloss application, that is all I wear.