102 Metaphor Quotes from Movies (+ Sound Clips) - page 7

Updated: Mar 1, 2026

A selection of metaphor quotes with sound bites from famous or less known movies, as rated by our visitors, accompanied by short MP3 or WAV audio samples.

61 You're fighting a swamp with a teaspoon.

Cornel Wilde as Leonard Diamond in The Big Combo (1955)

62 He has come for me. The silent boatman to ferry me across the shadowed river.

Alec Guinness as Marcus Aurelius in The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)

63 The past is always full of shadows. Don't ever forget that.

Steve Reeves as Romulus in Duel of the Titans (1961)

64 It's the nearest thing to heaven we have in New York.

Irene Dunne as Terry McKay in Love Affair (1939)

65 Do you see that bluebird? -Yes, I do. -Well, faith is a bluebird you see from afar. It's for real and as sure as the first evening star. You can't touch it or buy it or wrap it up tight, but it's there just the same, making things turn out right.

Bob Newhart as Bernard in The Rescuers (1977)

66 Have you looked outside? It's suicide out there.

John Candy as Wilbur The Albatross in The Rescuers Down Under (1990)

67 What are these doors? -Those doors, sir, are the problem.

James Earl Jones as Admiral James Greer; Alec Baldwin as Jack Ryan in The Hunt for Red October

68 Sorta lit up the room when he came in.

Peter Cullen as Eeyore in The Tigger Movie (2000)

69 You knew how to handle that situation. You _ your pants and dive in and swim.

Lawrence Tierney as Joe Cabot in Reservoir Dogs (1992)

70 This guy has got a touchy motor.

David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight in Knight Rider (1982)