List of Metaphors

The snow is a white blanket. 

The hospital was a refrigerator.

The classroom was a zoo.

America is a melting pot.  

Her lovely voice was music to his ears. 

Life is a rollercoaster.  

The alligator’s teeth are white daggers.  

Their home was a prison. 

The slide on the playground was a hot stove.

His heart is a cold iron.

She is a peacock.

He is a shining star. 

Time is money.

My teacher is a dragon.

Tom’s eyes were icy.

The detective’s face was wooden as he listened to her story.

She feels that life is a fashion show.

The world is a stage.

My kid’s room is a disaster area.

The children were flowers grown in concrete gardens.

Kisses are the flowers of affection.

His words were cotton candy.

Mary’s eyes were fireflies.

John’s suggestion was just a Band-Aid.

The cast on his broken leg was a plaster shackle.

Her long hair was a flowing golden river.

The computers at school are old dinosaurs.

Laughter is the music of the soul.

He is a night owl.

Maria is a chicken.

The falling snowflakes are dancers.

At five o’clock, the interstate was a parking lot.

Books are keys to your imagination.

Her teddy bear was her best friend, never sharing her secrets.

The peaceful lake was a mirror.

Terry was blue when his goldfish died.

The wind was an angry witch.

The ballerina was a swan, gliding across the stage.

Her angry words were bullets to him.

Your brain is a computer.

Jamal was a pig at dinner.

You are my sunshine.

The car was a furnace in the sun.

Thank you so much. You are an angel.

That coach is an ogre.

Ben’s temper was a volcano, ready to explode.

The kids were monkeys on the jungle gym.

The sun is a golden ball.

The clouds are balls of cotton.

Sue’s room is a zoo with fish, a gerbil and a parakeet.

The park was a lake after the rain.

The lightning was fireworks in the sky.

Gary is a mule.

That lawn is a green carpet.

My dad is a road hog.

The stars are sparkling diamonds.

Those two best friends are two peas in a pod.

He is a walking dictionary.

Donations for the popular charity were a tsunami.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

My big brother is a couch potato.

The road was a ribbon stretching across the desert.

The teenager’s stomach was a bottomless pit.

The thunder was a mighty lion.

I am so excited. My pulse is a race car.

The moon is a white balloon.

Toddlers are rug rats.

The stormy ocean was a raging bull.

Her tears were a river flowing down her cheeks.