4 Quotes by N.E. Renton

A cynic once defined a metaphor as ‘a simile with the words of comparison left out’.

Metaphors are so prevalent that if one were to specifically look out for them it would spoil completely one’s reading and listening, and thus detract from the author’s purpose.

The word ‘metaphor’ itself can be used in a non-literal way.

Metaphors that have the community’s seal of approval roll off the tongue so readily that, by any yardstick, they are invariably thick on the ground.