The metaphor “lend me your ear” would become “pay attention.”

One example of metonymy would be to refer to reporters as “the press.” Reporters don’t resemble a press, but “the press” is a common metonym for reporters.

Royalty is often referred to as “the crown,” although there is nothing crown-like about a king or queen. Calling royalty “the crown” is an example of metonymy.

“Fishing for compliments” is a metonymic phrase. The word “fishing” elicits visions if drawing forth from the sea, but what is drawn forth is a compliment, hence the alternate concept of the word fishing.

“Metonymy is similar, but uses something more generally or loosely associated with a concept to stand in for it. When Americans speak of the Oval Office, for example, they are really referring to the activity within it, the position or function of the President. It’s a linked term, and so a metonym. British writers refer similarly to the Crown, when they’re really discussing the powers, authority and responsibilities of the monarchy, which is symbolised by the crown”” from http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-syn1.htm

*He is a man of the cloth.

*The pen is mightier than the sword.

*By the sweat of thy brow thou shalt eat thy bread.

*We await word from the crown.

*Bush has bombed Iraq.

enemy words:

inimical

internecine

nemesis

antagonism

enmity

antipathy

“not true” words:

feign

imposture

impugns

perjurying

specious

spurious

fabrication

facade

pretentious

“future” words:

ominous

foreboding

prescient

augured

oracle

prophesy

did that, in a way, help?