Feeling metaphorical

Published by You on 1 March, 2008 - 13:30

Found a few good metaphors. By good, I mean bad. Really bad.

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The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn't.

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Bob was as perplexed as a hacker who means to access T:flw.quid55328.com\\aaakk/ch@ung but gets T:\\flw.quidaaakk/ch@ung by mistake.

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Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever.

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He was as tall as a six-foot-three-inch tree.

Read more at [url=http://www.psych.upenn.edu/~mims/FUNNY/worstmetaphors.html]the worst metaphors[/url].

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Comments

Submitted by Dawud on 3 March, 2008 - 09:46

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She caught your eye like one of those pointy hook latches...
This metaphor works really well on only one level like a window cleaner who, whilst being adept with the tools of his trade, forgot his long arm and ladder.
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McBride fell 12 stories, hitting the pavement like a Hefty Bag filled with vegetable soup.
This made me want to laugh but also feel guilty for laughing, much like glimpsing the disillusioning of a small child after it tried to eat an ice cream only to suddenly loose it's grip and watch helplessly as the cone hit the floor.

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Her date was pleasant enough, but she knew that if her life was a movie this guy would be buried in the credits as something like "Second Tall Man."
This one is actually quite good!
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Gentleness and kindness were never a part of anything except that it made it beautiful, and harshness was never a part of anything except that it made it ugly.

Through cheating, stealing, and lying, one may get required results but finally one becomes

Submitted by You on 24 February, 2009 - 02:27

Bump.

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"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.

Submitted by Seraphim on 24 February, 2009 - 10:43

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Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two sides gently compressed by a Thigh Master.

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The ballerina rose gracefully en Pointe and extended one slender leg behind her, like a dog at a fire hydrant.
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Back in BLACK

Submitted by You on 24 February, 2009 - 14:42

About terrible metaphors.

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"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.