Answer:
love and respect (someone) deeply.
The monkey's paw is a symbol of desire and greed—everything that its owner could possibly wish for and the unrestricted ability to make it happen. This power makes the paw alluring, even to unselfish people who desire nothing and have everything they need.
Neither.... unless there is some other context like: “her secret was kept demurely, a bride under veils of white lace” that would be a metaphor. throw a “like” in there and you got a simile.
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