METAPHOR  (Gr . µera^Popa, See also:

• TRANSFER (from Lat. transferre, to bear across, carry over)

transfer of sense, from µeracApeiv, to carry over)', a figure of speech, which consists in the transference to one See also:

• OBJECT

object of an attribute or name which strictly and literally is not applicable to it, but only figuratively and by See also:

• ANALOGY (Gr. avaXo-yLa, proportion)

analogy . It is thus in essence an emphatic comparison, which if expressed formally is a "simile " (See also:

• LAT

Lat. similis, like); thus it is a metaphorical expression to speak of a See also:

• SHIP

ship ploughing her way through the waves, but a simile when it takes the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of " the ship, like a plough, moves," &c . The " See also:

• SIMPLE

simple " metaphor, such as the instance given, becomes the " continued " metaphor when the analogy or similitude worked out yin a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of phrases and expressions based on the See also:

• PRIMARY

primary metaphor; it is in such " continued metaphors " that the solecism of " mixed " metaphors is likely to occur .