More info about figurative language will be appearing here soon! > # The word metaphor means carrying something from one place to another, and it comes from the Greek words *meta* (which means from one place to another) and *ferein* (which means to carry), and it is when you describe something by using a word for something that it isn’t. This means that the word *metaphor* is a metaphor. – Mark Haddon, [*The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time*](https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/4259809)