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Well, honey, jumping for joy is actually not a metaphor. It's a figure of speech called an idiom. Metaphors are more like comparing two things without using "like" or "as," so don't go jumping to conclusions now. Just keep on jumping for joy and leave the metaphors to the poets, darling.

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9mo ago

Yes, "jumping for joy" is a metaphor because it describes the feeling of extreme happiness and excitement by using physical actions (jumping) to convey an emotional state (joy).

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12y ago

Yea, of course it is! It's comparing a jump to joy (at least that's what i think)

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SOMEONE WHO IS HAPPY AND EXCITED

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