美句秀秀！Simile(明喻)及Metaphor(暗喻)

想將英文句子變靚啲？
用 Simile（明喻）和 Metaphor（暗喻）去描寫事物，即刻將句子變得生動又有趣！

Simile 明喻

Simile（明喻）以 like 或 as 等字眼直接比較主體同載體，句子結構通常為「as___as___」。
He has such a bad temper – and as unpredictable as a polar bear.（好似北極熊咁變幻莫測）
She is a very graceful lover – as light on her feet as a ballerina.（好似芭蕾舞演員咁步履輕盈）
It has gotten so cold here this month – it’s as cold as December in Siberia!（好似係西伯利亞嘅 12 月咁凍）

Metaphor 暗喻

Metaphor（暗喻）以另一種相似事物來描述一種事物；唔會運用 like 或 as 嘅字眼，而係會將事件/對象A描述為事物B。
Night owl（夜貓）: someone who goes to bed very late
Early bird（早起身嘅人）: someone who gets up early in the morning
I was so scared by the movie that I froze with fear.（嚇到呆咗）

動物比喻

睇埋以下呢個例子，你就會更加明白！
如果想話一個人好似一隻豬咁懶，可以分別運用 Simile（明喻）和 Metaphor（暗喻）嚟講：
Simile（明喻）－ He is as lazy as a pig
Metaphor（暗喻）－ He is a pig
P.S. 除咗用豬 (pig) 嚟形容一個人懶惰，樹懶 (sloth) 同蟾蜍 (toad) 亦係懶嘅「代表」！

仲有好多其他動物可以用嚟作出比喻㗎！例如：
As sly as a fox（好似狐狸咁狡猾）
As loyal as a dove（好似鴿子咁忠實）
As free as a bird（好似雀仔咁自由）
As proud as a peacock（好似孔雀咁驕傲）
以上嘅句式都係「as___as___」，即係運用咗 Simile（明喻）。
但同樣嘅動物比喻，運用 Metaphor（暗喻）都一樣得！只要唔用 like 或 as 嘅字眼，直接將事件/對象描述為動物就可以啦！