This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'I'm not going to be drawn into that old trap of an argument and be picked up by the tail like some wet rat out of a sewer;
The speaker in the statement above is being
The expression “be picked up by the tail like some wet rat out of a sewer” is a metaphor (with a simile embedded in “like”). The speaker is not literally a wet rat; instead, the image is used to vividly represent humiliation, insult or being dragged into an unpleasant situation.
Thus, the statement relies mainly on figurative comparison for effect, which is characteristic of metaphorical language
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