Metaphor Crossword #01

2. She has been living in a ______________.
4. All our words are but _______________ that fall down from the feast of the mind —Khalil Gibran’s “Sand and Foam”.
6. _____________ is a battlefield (Pat Benatar).
7. Hurry up or you will ______________ the bus.
13. Life is ______________, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something. (The Princess Bride)
14. My dad is a _______________ potato.
16. A ______________ is a wish your heart makes. (Walt Disney’s Cinderella)
18. Is there a _____________ sheep in your family?
21. It’s raining _________________ (three words).
22. We found it under a _______________ of sand.
24. The job promotion was the __________ on the cake.
25. All the world’s a __________________, and all the men and women merely players (William Shakespeare).
27. Jason had a heart of _________________.
29. You ________________ up my life (Debby Boone).
31. You ain’t nothin’ but a _____________ dog, cryin’ all the time (Elvis Presley).
35. Chaos is a _______________ of mine (Bob Dylan).
36. “If wits were pins, the man would be a ____________” ―Fly by Night, Frances Hardinge
37. I am feeling _____________.
39. I'm drowning in a _____________ of grief.
40. If music be the ___________ of love, play on (William Shakespeare)
41. Time is ________________.
43. You have a ________________ of gold.
44. His words cut __________ than a knife.

1. The young actress had stars in her ___________.
2. The criminal has _____________ on his hands.
3. ________________ is the best medicine.
5. There is a weight on my _________________.
8. The moonlight ____________ brighter than a gypsy.
9. Age is a state of ____________.
10. Aunt Edna was ____________ for compliments.
11. That actor is a tall drink of ____________.
12. Annie has a ____________ personality.
15. Life is a _____________, old chum.
17. It’s ________________ men (The Weather Girls).
19. “O Lord, we are the clay, and You our ______________” —Isaiah 64:8.
20. Our extended family is a patchwork _______________.
23. This is John, my ______________ half.
24. No man is an _____________.
26. "The sun was a ____________insistently refusing to go to bed: It was past eight thirty and still light.” —The Fault in Our Stars, John Green.
28. She's going through a ________________ ride of emotions.
30. You sit on a _______________ of lies. (Elf)
32. Life is a _____________ (Tom Cochrane).
33. He ___________ my heart.
34. That child is the __________ of her father’s eye.
38. She is just a late ______________.
42. My secretary is buried in a _____ of paperwork.