“cleatus was full of explosives— metaphorically speaking”
I think my favorite one is
“In response he brandished his beard at her like a club.”
because it’s not that he’s describing something recognizable in a silly way — in that case I don’t even know what the actual, non-figurative action is supposed to look like!
Here Nostalgebraist I made this for you
I’ve never read the “Gap” series, only the “Thomas Covenant” series, AKA “here sympathize with this rapist IN FANTASY LAND” instead of “here sympathize with this rapist IN SPACE”