Metaphors
- "Making a mountain out of a molehill"
- "Blow out of proportion" or "Blow out of all proportion"
- "The sky is falling in"
- "World War III has broken out"
- "Make a song-and-dance of it"
- "Over egging the pudding"
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Famous quotes containing the word metaphors:
“This fellow mixes his metaphors the way a toper does his drinks and, I daresay, gets just as tipsy on them.”
—Angela Carter (1940–1992)
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