Metaphor Figurative Meaning Decoder
Metaphor
v 2.3
Online
Enter: metaphor, figurative expression, or comparison.
Returns: literal image, source-to-target mapping, intended meaning, hidden assumptions, framing effects, and follow-up paths.
i. purpose
Separates the image from the idea — what's being compared to what, and what that comparison is doing to your thinking. What is this metaphor actually saying. Why does this comparison work the way it does. Is this framing hiding an assumption. How does this shape what I notice versus miss. Can I swap the comparison and keep the meaning. Not the dictionary definition — the mechanism underneath it, and what it's doing to your thinking without you noticing.
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