English to Sinhala Meaning of metaphor - රූපකයක්

Metaphor :
රූපකයක්

රූපකයක්, රූප

ද විදහාපාන අගනා රූපකයකිmetaphoricඋපමාඋපමා
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Definitions of metaphor in English
Noun(1) a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
Examples of metaphor in English
(1) He is a recurring metaphor for the colour and movement of Australians at play.(2) This would be a good metaphor for something, no doubt, if I could only pin it down.(3) Smoking is an epidemic; it is a metaphor for cancer in its spread as much as it is for infecting people with cancer.(4) when we speak of gene maps and gene mapping, we use a cartographic metaphor(5) her poetry depends on suggestion and metaphor(6) the amounts of money being lost by the company were enough to make it a metaphor for an industry that was teetering(7) The torso also includes the heart, a metaphor for your vital life force, as well as representing the bonds of love.(8) Never use a metaphor , simile or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.(9) The metaphor of consumption dominates this speech and connects each image.(10) It's almost a metaphor for immigrant life, which has to be retooled to succeed in America.(11) I like to think of the rats as a metaphor for the city's egalitarianism.(12) What kept me reading was how the novel worked as such a creepy metaphor for contemporary America.(13) Yet its importance as a metaphor for evil means that the coalition remains desperate to exorcise these demons.(14) In the story, this inability to finish a picture is a metaphor for being reluctant to commit to a relationship.(15) The book's title is, of course, a metaphor for what she as a writer does.(16) Images are often presented through figures of speech like simile and metaphor .
Related Phrases of metaphor
(1) extended metaphor ::
දීර්ඝ රූපකයක්
Synonyms
Noun
1. figure of speech ::
කතාවේ චරිතයක්
2. image ::
රූප
3. trope ::
නොකරනවා කියලා
4. analogy ::
සාදෘශ්යයක්
5. comparison ::
සංසන්දනය
6. symbol ::
සංකේතය
Different Forms
metaphor, metaphoric, metaphorical, metaphors
Word Example from TV Shows
I believe the back-scratching metaphor describes a quid pro quo situation...

I believe the back-scratching METAPHOR describes a quid pro quo situation...

The Big Bang Theory Season 2, Episode 16

- A sports metaphor? - Yes, baseball.

- A sports METAPHOR? - Yes, baseball.

The Big Bang Theory Season 2, Episode 7

Luckily for you, that's where the metaphor ended.

Luckily for you, that's where the METAPHOR ended.

The Big Bang Theory Season 1, Episode 15

Yeah, me, too. I was stuck for a metaphor.

Yeah, me, too. I was stuck for a METAPHOR.

The Big Bang Theory Season 9, Episode 12

They say it's the perfect metaphor for my incandescent talent.

They say it's the perfect METAPHOR for my incandescent talent.

The Big Bang Theory Season 2, Episode 4

English to Sinhala Dictionary: metaphor

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