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Metaphor of the Day – Shark Bait

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I just IMed a colleague who recently completed a Herculean task.  I asked him how it felt to be done.  He responded “About like a fish feels as he passes through the shark’s teeth on its way to the digestive tract.”  Meditate on that for a while.  Wait – is that a metaphor or a simile?  Where is Amy when I need her?

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August 22nd, 2005     Categories: Random    
  • O

    I think it’s an analogy. Though from what I can imagine (and know of biology), it’s over for the fish pretty quick.

  • http://www.p0mi.com/ d

    It’s a simile, as it uses “like”. He didn’t say he was a fish, but rather that he felt like a fish.

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