In response to Kyle - full post here
I do not think that it is particularly fair to use this as an example of bad metaphors. If I saw any of those examples which you have listed here, I would not say that they are bad metaphors, rather I would say that they are not metaphors at all. The first one is a simile and all the others are simply comparisons. Therefore, I think, we cannot judge them as any quality of metaphor. It would be akin to judging humans as bad lions. I think there certainly can be bad metaphors, it's simply that these are not metaphors.
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