THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF METAFORA

: a determine of speech during which a word or phrase literally denoting just one kind of item or concept is utilised in place of Yet another to suggest a likeness or analogy among them (as in drowning in dollarsEn 1517 el P. Bartolomé de las Casas tuvo mucha lástima de los indios que se extenuaban en los laboriosos infiernos de las minas de oro