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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: toxic-friend ~
b: keeping-trash-in-your-home

Writer: askbitchplease --Date: November 14, 2025

a: integrity ~
b: trust

Writer: Jeff Earlywine --Date: November 13, 2025

a: compassion ~
b: gallery-at-an-art-museum

Writer: Terrence Douglas --Date: November 13, 2025


a: ip-address ~
b: a-phone-number

Writer: Not Stated --Date: November 13, 2025

a: equality ~
b: some-unknown

Writer: Not Stated --Date: November 12, 2025

a: translation ~
b: a-pane-of-glass

Writer: L Venuti --Date: November 12, 2025


a: photosynthesis ~
b: an-infants-trial-and-error

Writer: Julianne Lutz Warren --Date: November 12, 2025

a: photosynthesis ~
b: spiritual-light

Writer: James Dearmore --Date: November 12, 2025

a: washing-machine ~
b: cow

Writer: Not Stated --Date: November 12, 2025


a: washing-machine ~
b: ex-girlfriend

Writer: Not Stated --Date: November 12, 2025

a: cell-cycle ~
b: rodeo

Writer: kmanring --Date: November 12, 2025

a: the-krebs-cycle ~
b: an-8-cylinder-car-engine

Writer: David Gersten, M.D. --Date: November 11, 2025


a: light-dependent-reactions ~
b: food-preparation-for-a-cooking-show

Writer: ecolink --Date: November 11, 2025

a: atp-synthase ~
b: a-turbine-in-a-dam

Writer: Dr. Carol Hardy & Dr. Tyson Sacco --Date: November 10, 2025

a: social-media ~
b: planting-a-tree

Writer: Claire Birtwhistle --Date: November 10, 2025


a: the-krebs-cycle ~
b: a-merry-go-round

Writer: Gordon Bonnet --Date: November 10, 2025

a: responsibility ~
b: proofing-what-you-write

Writer: Sirian Heaven --Date: November 10, 2025

a: justice ~
b: cork

Writer: Priestmonk Christodoulos --Date: November 9, 2025


a: peristalsis ~
b: pushing-a-marble-down-a-smalll-rubber-tube

Writer: PBworks --Date: November 8, 2025

a: effective-nuclear-charge ~
b: looking-through-a-lampshade

Writer: Dalton Rowell et al. --Date: November 7, 2025

a: the-vowel ~
b: a-one-placed-in-front-of-the-zeros

Writer: Vic DiCara / Vraja Kishor --Date: November 7, 2025


a: the-mall ~
b: russian-doll

Writer: Gardenia --Date: November 6, 2025

a: dark-matter ~
b: a-man-in-a-black-tux-and-a-women-in-a

Writer: Not Stated --Date: November 6, 2025

a: cell-cycle ~
b: rodeo

Writer: kmanring --Date: November 6, 2025


a: god-s-grace ~
b: a-giant-prism

Writer: Larry W. Wilson --Date: November 5, 2025

a: true-friendship ~
b: god-s-grace

Writer: Cooper P Abrams III --Date: November 5, 2025

a: photosynthesis ~
b: packing-a-lunch-to-eat-later

Writer: Rene Fester Kratz et al. --Date: November 4, 2025


a: crispr ~
b: a-cursor

Writer: EMILY WALTZ --Date: November 3, 2025

a: photosynthesis ~
b: spiritual-light

Writer: James Dearmore --Date: November 3, 2025

a: technology-with-privacy-concerns ~
b: a-firearm

Writer: BananaNutJob --Date: November 3, 2025


a: bullying ~
b: toxic-vapour

Writer: Evelyn M. Field --Date: November 2, 2025

a: epigenetics ~
b: an-elephant

Writer: Andy Feinberg --Date: November 2, 2025

a: glacier ~
b: a-checking-account

Writer: Not Stated --Date: November 1, 2025


a: high-cholesterol ~
b: hair

Writer: Helen Osborne, MEd, OTR/L --Date: October 31, 2025

a: high-cholesterol ~
b: hair

Writer: Helen Osborne, MEd, OTR/L --Date: October 30, 2025

a: betrayal ~
b: razors-slashing-at-your-heart

Writer: Not Stated --Date: October 29, 2025


a: taste ~
b: vision

Writer: David V. Smith and Robert F. Margolskee --Date: October 29, 2025

a: telescope ~
b: time-machine

Writer: Not Stated --Date: October 28, 2025

a: earthquake ~
b: ripples-on-water

Writer: Not Stated --Date: October 28, 2025


a: lymphatic-system ~
b: drains-in-your-house

Writer: John Douillard --Date: October 27, 2025

a: enzyme ~
b: match-maker

Writer: Steve Hammack --Date: October 27, 2025

a: chromatography ~
b: a-horse-race-with-a-muddy-track

Writer: steve_geo1 --Date: October 26, 2025


a: agoraphobia ~
b: being-in-this-protective-bubble

Writer: TerriLW --Date: October 26, 2025

a: cellular-respiration ~
b: breathing

Writer: Ms. Silvia --Date: October 25, 2025

a: solar-system ~
b: single-family

Writer: Not Stated --Date: October 25, 2025


a: compassion ~
b: a-baton-in-relay-race

Writer: Dacher Keltner --Date: October 25, 2025

a: family ~
b: a-heap-of-stones

Writer: God --Date: October 25, 2025

a: perseverance ~
b: a-long-and-winding-road

Writer: Carlynne McDonnell --Date: October 25, 2025


a: purpose ~
b: path

Writer: Shavonda Robinson --Date: October 25, 2025

a: digestion ~
b: a-good-recipe

Writer: Kyley Hunt, BKin, ND --Date: October 25, 2025

a: insomnia ~
b: hysteric-s-physical-symptom

Writer: Eluned Summers-Bremner --Date: October 25, 2025


a: trust ~
b: a-forest

Writer: David Horsager --Date: October 25, 2025

a: nervous-system ~
b: tree

Writer: Not Stated --Date: October 25, 2025

a: purpose ~
b: oxygen-for-the-soul

Writer: Not Stated --Date: October 25, 2025


a: atp ~
b: a-gun-that-can-only-fire-one-shot

Writer: Johngol --Date: October 25, 2025

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

Writer: Elaine Isaak --Date: October 25, 2025

a: analogy ~
b: cognition

Writer: Boicho Kokinov --Date: October 25, 2025


a: mind ~
b: our-underwear

Writer: Tom Hanson --Date: October 25, 2025

a: my-mind ~
b: the-nfl

Writer: Charlie Elberson --Date: October 25, 2025

a: procrastination ~
b: a-credit-card

Writer: Christopher Parker --Date: October 25, 2025


a: my-mind ~
b: chernobyl-is-today

Writer: SATURN KILLED --Date: October 25, 2025

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

Writer: Susan Page --Date: October 25, 2025

a: your-mind ~
b: a-gramophone

Writer: Krishnamurti --Date: October 25, 2025


a: a-platonic-dialogue ~
b: hanging-out-with-friends

Writer: JO WALTON --Date: October 25, 2025

a: digestion ~
b: taking-a-house-apart

Writer: Not Stated --Date: October 25, 2025

a: plastic-surgery ~
b: a-game-of-poker-where-you-cannot-get-new-cards

Writer: Peter A. Aldea, MD --Date: October 25, 2025


a: plastic-surgery ~
b: hurting-your-parent-s-feelings

Writer: Lixa --Date: October 25, 2025

a: sex ~
b: money

Writer: Jason Miller --Date: October 25, 2025

a: sex ~
b: fire

Writer: Michael Fackerell --Date: October 25, 2025


a: sex ~
b: twister

Writer: Robert Pattinson --Date: October 25, 2025

a: sex ~
b: weed-and-anal-is-like-herion

Writer: marcher138 --Date: October 25, 2025

a: the-collagen ~
b: sticky-glue

Writer: Mary --Date: October 25, 2025


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