"It is interesting, isn't it?" — I gulped down, relieved yet feeling unsafe with myself. Adding some more to it so the conversation wouldn't end rashly. — "Uh, I believe it gives a different spice to conversations when analogies are used."
"They probably do."
"Hm… Well, I could give you a funny one for example… like: 'You are like a cow looking at a piano'."
"… Pardon? A cow?"
"It means they have no clue of what to do about something."
"…"
"… because… a cow does not know how to play the piano…"
"Yes, that makes sense."
"Your grace, may you please forget I ever said that? I am now regretting that example since you did not laugh about it."