What is an example of metaphor for me?

A metaphor is a statement that is made that says one thing is something else, but it literally can't be. An example is: "That girl is a cheetah." The reason is that it's saying a girl can be a cheetah when really, she can't. Another would be: "That boy is a rainbow", or "The ice cream is a person." Now if you use 'like' or 'as', it makes it a simile. But that is entirely different; an example of a simile would be "The girl runs like a cheetah", or "He is as fast as a cheetah".

Wikipedia uses William Shakespeare's line "All the world's a stage" as an example of a metaphor, explaining that indeed, the world is not a stage. Click on the relatedlink listed below for more detailed information: