An incredible 889-piece wooden jigsaw puzzle illustrating 542 modern metaphors from everyday language like shoot the breeze and elephant in the room, as well as metaphors from fields like Law, Finance, Philosophy and Tech, like fruit of the poisonous tree and stand on the shoulders of giants.  

Here is a list of all the metaphors, or you can guess-and-check & keep track of the metaphors you figure out on our metaphors scoring website.

The puzzle is average difficulty for its piece count, with unique whimsy pieces that illustrate some of the 542 metaphors, a straight edge, curvy irregular pieces with great knob connectors. 

Content Note: We'd rate the imagery as PG, but there are a couple of guns shown and some mild cartoon violence.  

Commissioned by Artifact Puzzles. Project team: Sam Hayward (Art), Maya Gupta (Art Direction & Metaphors), Aviela Maynard (Art Polishing), Matt Lyon (Puzzle Design), and Marcelle Jay Iremedio (Puzzle Design) 

• 889 pieces
• 12.5" x 34.5" when complete
  
• Released November 2025
• Made in USA
• Manufacturer recommended age: 15 years and up