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Default Re: is this a metaphor?

It's a simile.

Similies and metaphors are very similar, but the difference is that a simile compares one thing to another with "as" or "like", or something similar.

"He was a wolf in sheep's clothing" - this is a metaphor.
"He acted like a wolf in sheep's clothing" -- this is a simile.
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