![]() ![]() This metaphor is also invoking the idea that butterflies have beautiful patterns on their wings. You might use this metaphor when talking about someone in a gown at a ball who walks with such elegance that it feels like they float. Perhaps most among them is butterflies, which ‘flutter’ as the fly from leaf to leaf. There are certain animals that move with a certain elegance that is considered beautiful. She was a Beautiful Butterfly Floating By Read Also: A list of Culture Metaphors 6. ![]() Overall, you’d want to use this metaphor perhaps when telling someone you love that their beauty is amazing and it melts your heart – it makes you feel deep love for them. This metaphor has many layers because you also need to know that the heart is a symbol of love, and that light is considered ‘good’ in our culture. You look at someone and they’re so beautiful you feel love in your heart. This is a metaphor that implies there’s a direct link between love and looks. You saw her and – like you were caught in a storm – it felt like you were “knocked off your feet” by her powerful good looks. The use of beauty in this metaphor gives us the sense that the person’s beauty is as powerful as a hurricane. This storm was something that was so powerful that it was out of your control. Imagine being caught in a storm – a hurricane – which literally lifts you up and blows you into the sky. Before you know it, you’ve gone to far and made a dreadful decision because you couldn’t look past that person’s beauty. Their beauty might make you make bad decisions, or make you follow them and do something with them that’s not ethical. ![]() This one might be used when a beautiful person is also evil or deceptive. This concept of the eyes being an ‘ocean’ can often be used to say that the eyes have ‘depth’, which is complemented by many other eye metaphors like “eyes are a window into the soul”. It implies that someone’s eyes are so beautiful you could stare into them forever. This metaphor from our metaphors for eyes article would work really well when describing someone who is beautiful. The attraction consumes them so much that their decisions are blurred. This metaphor can be used for someone who might stumble over their words or say something silly when they’re around someone they’re attracted to. But in this situation, it means you are heavily influenced by someone because they’re so beautiful. The phrase ‘intoxicating’ is often used to indicate that you are doing things you wouldn’t normally do because you’re under the influence of something – usually alcohol. Below is a list and explanation of 11 beauty metaphors. ![]()
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