Never use a metaphor, simile or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.

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Or you can drop the simile and say they are one of the same (or cut from the same cloth).

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This is a very telling simile for our energy reduction-capacities in general.

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He does it all from the classroom via a laptop, an interactive whiteboard, and projector, bringing concepts such as "metaphor" and "simile" alive.

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We see the emergence of an almost-religious sect in Embassytown rise up to preach against the lies, to warn against evil, led by the simile Valdik.

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She cannot speak the Ariekei tongue, but she is an indelible part of it, having long ago been made a figure of speech, a living simile in their language.

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"Like a war zone" is a horribly overused simile.

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The footage of the IDF's celebrated naval commandos falling prey to an Islamic lynch mob on the deck of the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara on Monday morning serves as a perfect simile for the national mood.

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But if it was meant as a simile, it could also be taken literally -- because in a number of these caves, the local speciality, Cabrales cheese (a blue cheese similar to Roquefort) is quietly ageing in the gloom.

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