Answer: METAPHOR
AnswerCrossword Clue
METAPHOR"Life is a bowl of cherries," e.g.
metaphora type of figure of speech
metaphorfigure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or concept it does not literally denote in order to suggest comparison with its basic meaning
METAPHORSomething that shouldn't be mixed
METAPHOR"Life's a beach" is one
METAPHORLove is a rose for example
METAPHORSymbolic figure of speech
METAPHORIt may be mixed
METAPHORSand in an hourglass, for time
METAPHOR"A mighty fortress is our God," e.g.
METAPHORFigure of speech in which two unlike things are compared
METAPHORNERVES OF STEEL
METAPHORImplied comparison
METAPHORSomething often mixed
METAPHOR"Why, the world's mine oyster."
METAPHOR"All the world's a stage," for example.
METAPHORIt's sometimes mixed
METAPHORFigure of speech
METAPHOR"The Asphalt Jungle," literarily