All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry. – Gilbert K. Chesterton
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ˈm | e | t | ə | f | ɔr |
man | let | tea | son | few | more |
Note : Primary stress at m.
Definition : 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