Do it yourself you don't need help your just lazy
The answer is metaphor. a comparison that DOES use like or as (i.e. sweet as sugar, like a deer in headlights) is a simile. a direct comparison (i.e. life is a journey, her voice was music to my ears) is called a metaphor.
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perhaps you can say that there’s a certain career that you wanted, but didn’t carry through with it because of a fear?
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Boss could be a negative connotation if they were described as "tyrannical"
Boss could be a positive connotation if you're the boss at something as in "that game is so boss"