Metaphor meaning

a word or phrase that is used in an imaginative way to show that somebody/something has the same qualities as another thing. 

एक वस्‍तु की दूसरी से पूरी समानता दिखाने के लिए किसी शब्‍द का कल्‍पनाशील प्रयोग; रूपक

Word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar

Metaphor is word used to refer similar qualities in two things, persons or anything