Is the following a metaphor?

Question

i couldn't hold my feelings for him anymore.....?

i need help.. thank you.

Answer 1

Yes, it's an example of a "dead metaphor".

"A dead metaphor is one in which the sense of a transferred image is not present. Example: "to grasp a concept" or "to gather you've understood." Both of these phrases use a physical action as a metaphor for understanding (itself a metaphor), but in none of these cases do most speakers of English actually visualize the physical action. Dead metaphors, by definition, normally go unnoticed.

Dead metaphors are dead in the sense that they no longer act as metaphors -- they just become plain words, with a simple functional meaning. In a sense, this is how language develops. Somebody tries to explain something by making up a word that conjures up an image, and eventually the word becomes a standard in the language, with it's original image being lost or evolved.

In the 'dumbing down' of language, the rich meaning of many words becomes lost, and thus many metaphors lose their meaning. To understand the metaphoric quality of many words requires that their origins are studied."

So, "yes" is the answer to your question. But unless you're in AP English or in a college class, I don't think your teacher is looking for an example of a dead metaphor. A good basic metaphor would be "An overfilled vessel, my heart could no longer hold my feelings for him."

Answer 2

no its not.

Answer 3

no, sorry

Answer 4

no a metaphor is comparing something by saying that it IS something even though it isn't.

example: The butterfly's wings were a rainbow.

Answer 5

that isn't a metaphor

Metaphors are comparisons that show how two things that are not alike in most ways are similar in one important way. Metaphors are a way to describe something.

eg. his eyes are the stars

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hope this helps

Answer 6

yes, a metaphor is when you're comparing something to another thing and it DOESNT have like or as. a similie is when you compare something to another thing WITH like or as. because that says, I couldnt hold my feelings for him anymore and it doesnt hav like or as, its a  metaphor