Metaphor

Metaphor (noun)
 * 1) a thing that is like another thing, no wait...
 * 2) it's when you say something is  another thing, hold on...
 * 3) a metaphor is when you say --no--write that one thing the first thing is like some oth ...the second thing, but you say it all poetic and shit, like:
 * "Shall I compare thee to a summers day"


 * except you don't ask for permission, you just do it, and without saying that you're comparing, because you're just doing it, so it's not a comparison, you're just saying that it is, without asking.