metaphor

мета́фора

The use of a word, phrase, concept, or set of concepts to refer to something other than its literal meaning, invoking an implicit similarity between the thing described and what is denoted by the word, etc., that is used

• I thought it was just a metaphor.

  Я думала, это всего лишь метафора.

  Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

• I thought that it was just a metaphor.

  Я думал, это просто метафора.

  Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

мета́фора

A word or phrase used in such implied comparison

мета́фора

The use of an everyday object or concept to represent an underlying facet of the computer and thus aid users in performing tasksредкое