<span>It means that you are in unusual or uncomfortable territory for you as a person. Its like you are going out of your comfort zone. Hope it helped. :</span>
The bottom one???? I’m guessing cause I don’t know the content of the story
I don't know any of the other similes because I have no idea what poem you read but here is the answer to what growing old like an onion could convey:
Onions are layered, as they grow more and more layers grow. This could mean that as Rachel grows, she gains more layers of knowledge and experiences and they keep layering over time as she grows.
Hamlet speaks to a captain of Fortinbras. He learns that the land they are trying to get ( a part of Poland) is not worth anything, and they are trying to defeat it just for the glory.
