Have you ever heard someone describe their day as “a nightmare” or said that someone has a “heart of gold”? These aren’t literal descriptions—they’re metaphors, one of the most powerful tools in the ...

Nina has your Newsround update this Tuesday. We bring you up to date with what's happening in Venezuela, check out the new computer games coming out this year, and enjoy the chaos of the ice hockey ...

Figurative language and figurative thought: a review / Albert N. Katz -- Figure / Mark Turner -- The fight over metaphor in thought and language / Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr.