隐喻(暗喻)是把A说成BThe streets were a furnace, the sun an executioner.街道就像个大火炉,太阳就是刽子后。But my heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill.可是我的心是孤独的猎手,在孤独的小山上狩猎。Men's words are bullets, that their enemies take up and make use of against them.人说的话是子弹,他们的敌人掌握并拿它来反击他们。The rain came down in long knitting needles.雨如长长的织针一样下起来。拟人:The road isn't built that can make it breathe hard!路之所以建成不是让它们使劲儿呼吸的!(advertising slogan for Chevrolet automobiles)雪弗莱汽车的广告Fear knocked on the door. Faith answered. There was no one there.恐惧在敲门。信念去开门。结果外面没有人。(proverb quoted by Christopher Moltisanti in The Sopranos)Oreo: Milk’s favorite cookie.奥里奥:牛奶最喜爱的曲奇。(slogan on a package of Oreo cookies) 奥里奥曲奇包装上的口号The only monster here is the gambling monster that has enslaved your mother! I call him Gamblor, and it's time to snatch your mother from his neon claws!这里唯一的怪物就是赌博怪物,它将你母亲沦为奴隶!我叫它赌棍,该把你母亲从他的霓虹灯魔爪下救出来的时候了!(Homer Simpson in The Simpsons)