Posted by NRen2k5 on 01/07/06 13:14

Michelle Steiner wrote:
> In article <04qvf.810$vN4.625452@wagner.videotron.net>,
> NRen2k5 <napsterneorenegade@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>>Go ahead and live your literalist's life, without metaphor, simile,
>>>or analogy. I'll live a full life instead with all the richness of
>>>the language and of life itself.
>>
>>Cute, but as I already pointed out, it's not a metaphor. It's a
>>common phrase.
>
>
> The fact that it's a common phrase doesn't mean that it's not a
> metaphor. The two are not mutually exclusive.

A metaphor is when one thing is used to represent another, for instance
"a mountain of paperwork".

"I have lived all my life without /x/" is *not* a metaphor.

- NRen2k5

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