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4tell0life4
Since: Mar, 2018
21st Jan, 2020 10:34:02 PM
Probably a work trying to invent their original metaphors/similes.
We can never truly eradicate the coronavirus, but we can suppress its threat like influenza
Sumanuil
Since: Jan, 2019
21st Jan, 2020 11:58:27 PM
That may be it. Or the author's just a nut.
Florestan
Since: May, 2015
22nd Jan, 2020 02:00:05 AM
There's Metaphorgotten, though that's more for metaphors or analogies that start reasonably enough, but quickly derail...
Unsung
Since: Jun, 2016
Unicorndance
Since: Jul, 2015
22nd Jan, 2020 12:41:39 PM
For every low there is a high.
f1shst1x
Since: Apr, 2011
Synchronicity
MOD
(4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
22nd Jan, 2020 02:03:37 PM
Ice-Cream Koan for "sounds deep but actually is kinda meaningless" cases.
Edited by Synchronicity
Is there a trope for odd-sounding or bizarre metaphors/similes, like describing a group of surrendering soldiers as having 'as much fight left as funnel cakes'?