A metaphor is known to be “a figure of speech that identifies something as being the same as some unrelated thing for rhetorical effect, thus highlighting the similarities between the two.” In my imagination a metaphor is just something that goes together in association with each other, but one that society has possibly constructed it to be, just by association and popularity of use. In Chapter 1 of “Metaphors We Live By”, Lakoff and Johnson believe that “The essence of metaphor is understanding and experiencing one kind of thing in terms of another.”

The metaphorical example of “time is money” is something in my head that is not even a metaphor, but has come by to really mean and prove to be in and of itself its definition. The way a worker could be paid not even by the work he has accomplished throughout his day, but rather by time, shows the essence and importance of the time, because that is considered the actual value of his work.

Something interesting about metaphors is that they have different meanings and understandings that have to be adjusted for who, what, where and when you are talking. A metaphor has the capability of meaning nothing to someone, but making complete sense to someone else. This is seen in the article that the actual words of “Please sit in the apple juice seat”, are just a group of words without meaning or understanding, however the setting describes that of which people are about to sit for breakfast with only one of four seats containing a glass of apple juice, thus allowing it to be “The apple juice seat.” Had one not been at the table to differentiate that seat between the others, those words would seem null, This allows us as readers be able to see and understand the actual power of a metaphorical phrase.