“一切反动派都是纸老虎”这句话,一般认为是典型的比喻句。笔者对此有不同看法,谈点看法与大家讨论。“一切反动派都是纸老虎”不是比喻,是词——“纸老虎”的比喻义的运用。我们只要搞清楚修辞的比喻和词的比喻义的区别,这个问题自然解决。比喻,作为一种修辞手法,是运用具体生动形象的事物来打比方,说明抽象的事物、 “All reactionaries are paper tigers.” This sentence is generally regarded as a typical metaphorical sentence. The author has different views on this and talks about it with everyone. “All reactionaries are paper tigers” is not metaphorical, it is the use of the metaphorical meaning of the word “paper tiger”. We only need to find out the difference between the rhetoric metaphor and the metaphorical meaning of the word. This problem is naturally solved. Metaphor, as a rhetorical device, is the use of specific vivid things to illustrate, explain abstract things,