Figurative Language Examples

Lightning danced across the sky.

He was a stainless steel ruler, tall, straight and always measured in response.

He could see the boy through streaked glass, flashing with sunlight, blurring his vision.

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

I was a missile, launched and headed for my boss's office.

A fire station burns down.

"To be or not to be" at school today? That was my question.

Two people are engaged to be married but the audience knows that the man is planning to run away with another woman.

"The rotten trash needs to go outside because it smells so unbelievably good."

Becky's beagle barked, and bayed, becoming bothersome.

I know it's cheesy, but I feel grate."

My head was so stuffed; it was like I had a teddy bear between my ears.

I draw a light bulb over someone's head to show she has an idea.

She had to blow off steam after her fight with her mother.

Bang! The plate crashed to the floor.

I am blind as a bat!