In general a metaphor is just a way to think about a subject from a different angle, or to find a vivid way of expressing some idea, however, metaphor is often an exaggeration. If you say, for example, that some obese person is a whale, that is a metaphor and also an exaggeration since even the most obese person does not weigh as much as a whale.
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what is the metaphor for honest
The answer is: Metaphor. It is a metaphor because you are saying that Matthew has the hands of a monkey.
One example of exaggeration is when a parent tells a child that: "If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times, 'Go and clean your bedroom!'"
He used a metaphor to desciribe the swaying trees.
It's a mathematical metaphor.