Literary Metaphors And Symbols

adjective relating to or resembling the Augean stables, which were famously filthy and in need of cleaning

• The Augean stables were known for their immense filth and required a Herculean effort to clean.
• Cleaning out that garage is like tackling the Augean stables.
• That party was an Augean mess by the time we left.
• The corruption in the government was described as an Augean task to clean up.

noun a word that is the name of a thing, person, place, or quality

• The biologist studied the composition of adder's meat for his research on snake diets.
• I heard that some people actually eat adder's meat as a delicacy.
• I wouldn't touch adder's meat with a ten-foot pole, it's too risky.
• His words were like adder's meat, poisonous and dangerous to consume.