I need metaphors…?

You have to look beyond the candy wrapper.

Beauty is on the inside, not just on the outside.

Even good things come in ugly packaging.

Look beyond the lace and frills.

Not everything sugarcoated is genuine.

The cover of a book is just like the icing on the cake.

The cover of a book is just the icing on the cake.

He’s not the sharpest tool in the shed. He is as smart as a box of rocks. His ideas went over like a lead balloon. He’s as wrong as a soup sandwich. He needs to be like a tree and leave.

She’s as smart as a whip. She’s as fast as lightning. She’s as cute as a button. She’s as clever as Einstein.

Here is one of my English tests. The test deals with metaphors. Try it out, and test your skills. I hope this helps. I really need some points. GO VOTE!!

1. Brian was a wall, bouncing every tennis ball back over the net.

This metaphor compares Brian to a wall because __________.

a. He was very strong.

b. He was very tall.

c. He kept returning the balls.

d. His body was made of cells.

2. We would have had more pizza to eat if Tammy hadn’t been such a hog.

Tammy was being compared to a hog because she __________.

a. looked like a hog

b. ate like a hog

c. smelled like a hog

d. was as smart as a hog

3. Cindy was such a mule. We couldn’t get her to change her mind.

The metaphor compares Cindy to a mule because she was __________.

a. always eating oats

b. able to do hard work

c. raised on a farm

d. very stubborn

4. The poor rat didn’t have a chance. Our old cat, a bolt of lightning, caught his prey.

The cat was compared to a bolt of lightning because he was __________.

a. very fast

b. very bright

c. not fond of fleas

d. very old

5. Even a child could carry my dog, Dogface, around for hours. He’s such a feather.

This metaphor implies that Dogface __________.

a. is not cute

b. looks like a bird

c. is not heavy

d. can fly

I beleive these are called idioms. A metaphor is comparing two unlike things, such as…couch potato, road hog, rug rat…etc.

An idiom is like a saying…A house divided against itself cannot stand alone, A picture paints a thousand words.

They are tricky sometimes to decifer… especially when similes get thrown in there…the difference there is the word “like” is present… The wind was like a lion…comparind the wind to the lion. Not calling it a lion, but it was similar to it.

So, is it still sayings (idioms) that you need, or metaphors?

good luck! I have always had a tricky time with these.