The list can be found in various places on the web, including but not limited to http://www.schoolzone.co.uk/students/exams/metaphor.htm. Personally, I'm rather fond of this one: "Her voice had that tense, grating quality, like a first-generation thermal paper fax machine that needed a band tightened."
The thing that distinguishes this from the typical "kids say the darnedest things" list is that most of these were obviously meant to be funny. I wonder how many teachers failed to realize that, even while they were laughing.
Still, there's no excuse for the kid who tried to rip off Douglas Adams and failed completely.
Personally I thought that "The plan was simple, like my brother Phil. But unlike Phil, it just might work," was genius.
A number of these wouldn't stand out in a Terry Prachett book, but I suppose it's all context. You can't just drop a tortured metaphor in mid page...you gotta work up to it slowly. Like an antelope with no legs.
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Just how do you do that? And how would this person know?
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Still, there's no excuse for the kid who tried to rip off Douglas Adams and failed completely.
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A number of these wouldn't stand out in a Terry Prachett book, but I suppose it's all context. You can't just drop a tortured metaphor in mid page...you gotta work up to it slowly. Like an antelope with no legs.