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Other crossword clues for answer "METAPHOR"

METAPHOR
Love is a battlefield, e.g.
Figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared
The Asphalt Jungle, literarily
Figure of speech
Heart of gold, for one
It's sometimes mixed
All the world's a stage, for example.
Why, the world's mine oyster.
NERVES OF STEEL
Something often mixed
Implied comparison
Life is a bowl of cherries, e.g.
A mighty fortress is our God, e.g.
Sand in an hourglass, for time
Something that shouldn't be mixed
Nerves of steel, e.g.
It may be mixed
Symbolic figure of speech
Love is a rose for example
Life's a beach is one
Franklin's "A good conscience is a continual Christmas," e.g.