What does the simile in this text suggest?
You're as cold as ice; you're willing to sacrifice our love.
—Foreigner, "Cold as Ice"
The song is about someone who is freezing. The song is about someone who doesn't care.
Figures of speech are words or phrases that use language in a nonliteral or unusual way. They can make writing more expressive.
A simile uses like or as to compare two things that are not actually alike.
The cat's fur was as dark as the night.
The text includes a simile, using like or as to compare two things that are not actually alike.
The simile as cold as ice suggests that the song is about someone who doesn't care. Someone who is as cold as ice is numb and doesn't have warm feelings.