If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits? What metaphors are used in If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits? by Erma Bombeck? Asked by bookragstutor on 20 Aug 04:18 Last updated by Jill W on 12 Nov 17:42
Metaphor: "I had no intention of giving her my vital statistics. 'Let me put it this way,' I said. 'According to my girth, I should be a ninety-foot redwood.'"