16. Scratch Cards â Donors receive a sheet of coupons for a small donation of a few dollars. 17. For the Birds â Deliver a group of fake pink flamingos to a donorâs yard and leave a note explaining the cause and asking for a donation to âreplantâ the flamingos in the yard of the next âvictimâ the first donor designates.
Noun. 1. metaphor-a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity. figure of speech, trope, image, figure-language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense.
Definition. A dead metaphor is traditionally defined as a figure of speech that has lost its force and imaginative effectiveness through frequent use. Also known as a frozen metaphor or a historical metaphor. Contrast with creative metaphor.