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1. The young man said that that song was not popular.
2. He said that he should be glad to have a pet.
3. John said that he plays the piano very well.
4. Mary said that they had discussed that problem.
5. The teacher had said to the students that they have read many English books that month.
Answer:
"A metaphor is a figure of speech that pulls comparisons between two unrelated ideas." - Masooma Memon
For example: His words cut deeper than a knife.
It's different from a simile because a simile usually uses "like" or "as" instead of just being more... straightforward about it (if that's the right way to describe it) like metaphors do. Metaphors say that two things are similar not literally, but figuratively and poetically.
Example of simile: You are like a summer's day.
If this was said like a metaphor, it'd be: You are a summer's day.
