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METAMIA is a free database of analogy and metaphor. Anyone can contribute or search. The subject matter can be anything. Science is popular, but poetry is encouraged. The goal is to integrate our fluid muses with the stark literalism of a relational database. Metamia is like a girdle for your muses, a cognitive girdle.



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a: peer-pressure ~
b: air-pressure-in-tires

Writer: Not Stated --Date: July 11, 2026

a: peer-pressure ~
b: a-river

Writer: George Olivo --Date: July 11, 2026

a: finding-work-on-the-internet ~
b: selling-your-car-on-craigslist

Writer: YahooUser --Date: July 10, 2026


a: chocolate-chip-cookies ~
b: chocolate-chip-cookies

Writer: Not Stated --Date: July 7, 2026

a: electricity ~
b: water-heat-meachanics

Writer: Keith E. Holbert, Ph.D., P.E. --Date: July 7, 2026

a: electricity ~
b: newton-cradle

Writer: Josehf Murchison --Date: July 7, 2026


a: a-smartphone ~
b: ktarians-mind-game-in-the-game-

Writer: mattyflynn --Date: July 5, 2026

a: recycling ~
b: a-gateway-drug

Writer: Jonathan Glencross --Date: July 5, 2026

a: liquid ~
b: people-walking-around

Writer: Rusty L. Myers --Date: July 1, 2026


a: casablanca ~
b: the-hamlet-of-movies

Writer: Chris Kinghorn --Date: July 1, 2026

a: family ~
b: locomotive

Writer: Rev. Sun Myung Moon --Date: June 29, 2026

a: integrity ~
b: trust

Writer: Jeff Earlywine --Date: June 29, 2026


a: integrity ~
b: iceberg

Writer: Not Stated --Date: June 29, 2026

a: stroke ~
b: brain-attack

Writer: Not Stated --Date: June 28, 2026

a: brachiosaurus ~
b: a-vacuum-cleaner

Writer: Michael Balter --Date: June 28, 2026


a: liver ~
b: a-blood-filled-sponge

Writer: Joanne Brophy RNCP --Date: June 28, 2026

a: liver ~
b: a-processing-plant

Writer: Not Stated --Date: June 28, 2026

a: blood-circulation ~
b: cash-flow

Writer: Dr. Yaron --Date: June 27, 2026


a: self-loathing ~
b: well-watered-invasive-weed

Writer: Jackie --Date: June 26, 2026

a: a-habit ~
b: a-cobweb-that-turns-into-a-cable

Writer: Susan Page --Date: June 26, 2026

a: making-silicon-wafers ~
b: making-pizza

Writer: Tom Abate,Chronicle --Date: June 24, 2026


a: devo ~
b: surgeons

Writer: Tintin Torncrantz --Date: June 24, 2026

a: neurotransmitter ~
b: sparking-action-of-a-spark-plug

Writer: tommyc --Date: June 24, 2026

a: primary-and-foreign-key ~
b: a-parent-child-relationship

Writer: Michael Rodrigues --Date: June 23, 2026


a: desert ~
b: a-pilgrimage

Writer: Cheryl --Date: June 22, 2026

a: pussy ~
b: a-stock

Writer: Dave Chapelle --Date: June 21, 2026

a: brother ~
b: umbilical-cord

Writer: Not Stated --Date: June 16, 2026


a: neural-impulse ~
b: ice-machine

Writer: Not Stated --Date: June 15, 2026

a: carbohydrate ~
b: train

Writer: Margery Weitkamp --Date: June 14, 2026

a: making-soup ~
b: laundering-dirty-food-

Writer: The Baron --Date: June 14, 2026


a: penis ~
b: a-sink-with-a-faucet-and-drain

Writer: Dr. Gelman --Date: June 12, 2026

a: action-potential ~
b: the-race-car

Writer: John H. Byrne, Ph.D. --Date: June 12, 2026

a: valence-electrons ~
b: candy-shells

Writer: Not Stated --Date: June 12, 2026


a: epigenetics ~
b: grandma-notes-in-the-family-cookbook

Writer: Dr. Theresa Nesbitt --Date: June 10, 2026

a: bone ~
b: reinforced-concrete

Writer: James S. Trefil --Date: June 10, 2026

a: respiratory-system ~
b: bike-pump

Writer: Not Stated --Date: June 8, 2026


a: whale ~
b: tree

Writer: Andy Pershing --Date: June 7, 2026

a: mulholland-drive ~
b: the-road-itself

Writer: Not Stated --Date: June 7, 2026

a: a-bad-metaphor ~
b: a-night-in-an-airport

Writer: Elaine Isaak --Date: June 7, 2026


a: quark ~
b: rubber-band

Writer: John Rennie --Date: June 7, 2026

a: male-corpus-callosum ~
b: two-lane-country-road

Writer: A Smart Guy --Date: June 5, 2026

a: cellular-respiration ~
b: a-hurdler

Writer: anne paige; Sam Paige --Date: June 5, 2026


a: unrequited-love ~
b: a-flower-bud

Writer: Not Stated --Date: June 4, 2026

a: male-corpus-callosum ~
b: two-lane-country-road

Writer: A Smart Guy --Date: June 3, 2026

a: neurotransmitter ~
b: sparking-action-of-a-spark-plug

Writer: tommyc --Date: June 1, 2026


a: enzyme-biochemistry ~
b: football

Writer: Not Stated --Date: June 1, 2026

a: holy-spirit ~
b: a-man-with-a-lamp

Writer: Ian Thomas --Date: June 1, 2026

a: dna-replication ~
b: a-train-track

Writer: Dr. Barry Starr --Date: May 31, 2026


a: smooth-endoplasmic-reticulum ~
b: smooth-road

Writer: Not Stated --Date: May 31, 2026

a: loyalty ~
b: juice-of-an-orange

Writer: Larry W. Wilson --Date: May 29, 2026

a: assumption ~
b: a-hidden-premise

Writer: Not Stated --Date: May 28, 2026


a: relative-humidity ~
b: measure-of-how-saturated-the-air

Writer: Rebecca Gianotti --Date: May 28, 2026

a: memory ~
b: a-spiderwebb

Writer: Joshua Foer --Date: May 27, 2026

a: the-comma ~
b: a-speed-bump

Writer: Copyright --Date: May 27, 2026


a: agriculture ~
b: car-industry

Writer: John Latham --Date: May 26, 2026

a: chromosome ~
b: unmoored-beansprout

Writer: Garth Sundem --Date: May 25, 2026

a: solar-system ~
b: a-disc-that-acts-as-a-whole

Writer: Don Austen --Date: May 25, 2026


a: steven-spielberg ~
b: the-brett-farve-of-filmmaking

Writer: Vince Mancini --Date: May 24, 2026

a: nervous-system-of-an-organism ~
b: information-technology-department-of-an-organization

Writer: PG GROSS --Date: May 24, 2026

a: nervous-system ~
b: two-sets-of-one-way-streets

Writer: Not Stated --Date: May 24, 2026


a: nervous-system ~
b: a-set-of-antennae

Writer: Patton Sarley --Date: May 24, 2026

a: nervous-system ~
b: wiring-system

Writer: Not Stated --Date: May 24, 2026

a: nervous-system ~
b: tree

Writer: Not Stated --Date: May 24, 2026


a: piston-ring ~
b: a-spring

Writer: Verruckt --Date: May 21, 2026

a: piston ~
b: a-giant-tennis-racket

Writer: mrchuakh --Date: May 21, 2026

a: capacitor ~
b: a-parking-lot

Writer: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. --Date: May 20, 2026


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