i need some example on how to a idiom and analogies will some please help
An idiom is an expression or phrase which has an intended meaning that differs from its literal meaning. Someone might say "the situation got out of hand" - not meaning that it was released from someone's hand, but that control over the situation was lost. Another example would be to "throw in the towel" - in boxing, throwing a towel in the ring means that the fighter cannot continue, but the expression has come to mean admitting defeat or surrender. An analogy is a comparison between a subject and something different, usually with the intention of highlighting something about the subject that is similar to the other object. Saying someone was "quiet as a mouse" would be an analogy - comparing the person's quietness to the natural quietness of a mouse. Another example is in George Orwell's essay "Shooting an Elephant" (which is worth reading if you haven't already) when he writes that the crowd of people around him "grew very still, and a deep, low, happy sigh, as of people who see the theatre curtain go up at last, breathed from innumerable throats." This analogy highlights both the expectation of the crowd and Orwell's feeling that he is putting on a show for them.
Idiom: is an expression, word, or phrase that has a figurative meaning that is comprehended in regard to a common use of that expression that is separate from the literal meaning or definition of the words of which it is made Analogy: a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based: the analogy between the heart and a pump.
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