英语里的隐喻有十七种：
1. Extended 延展喻
He is the pointing gun, we are the bullets of his desire.
2. Metonym 转喻
The pen is mightier than the sword.
3. Mixed 混合喻
The waves of emotion have punctured my heart.
4. Absolute 绝对喻(反喻)
She broke upon a sad piece.
5. Implied 暗喻
His feathers were ruffled.
6. Dead 成语(不再认为是隐喻)
Face of a mountain
7. Dormant 伏喻
She flew towards her uncle.
8. Synecdoche 提喻
Her feet flapped like terrified wings.
9. Root 源喻
Time is money.
10. Active 新喻
They mashed each other’s lives.
11. Submerged 潜喻
His winged dreams.
12. Dying 旧喻
Needle in a haystack
13. Conceptual 概念喻
My life has halted.
14. Pataphor 极端喻
He put brakes on his fear, accelerated his anger and rammed into the house.
15. Simple 简单喻
She is a dinosaur.
16. Compound 复合喻
The air smelt of fear, the fear of abandonment.
17. Complex 复杂喻
Let me throw some light on his character.