I have AS but I never had problem understanding metaphors.

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I have problems with them. Sometimes I get them like "Don't judge a book by it's cover" "We'll wait till we cross that bridge" "You're stepping on thin ice" I guess it just depends on the situation and when phrases gets used.

Oh, wow, that's me! I've had trouble with the average metaphors that people know (better, but working on it), but if it's included in a book or a poem, I could decipher it with proficiency. My sister says that when I write, I write with a lot of my made up metaphors, to which she said, "You should read Jack London," as she thinks that he writes with metaphors and large, complicated vocabulary words. (I've never been interested in reading Jack London books. They're too violent for me, and I can't stand it when dogs or animals die or get abused. I'm more of an English Literature kind of person.)

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I am extremely skilled at metaphors and interpretation of aesthetic or literary works when they interest me. Otherwise I am hopeless.

Sounds reasonable, as well as being less in tune with the standard definition of the culture's metaphors.

I like creating metaphors, but I am likely to take them literally if it's not indicated that a metaphor is coming. I also dislike metaphors that don't make sense. Ie can't have your cake and eat it too - it's actually can't eat your cake and have it too, which makes a lot more sense.

I never thought this idiom made sense. I've heard idioms and got the idea of what it meant but the picture would often be in my head.

I could never understand how the cake one made any sense. The only reason you'd want a cake would be to eat it. If you had a cake and didn't, or couldn't eat it, it be better to not ever have it.

I get frustrated with them at first, but as soon as they're explained to me I'm ok. I also visualize them literally, but I remember what people mean when they say them.

I've puzzled most of them out over time and got used to the idea, I also see the literal side as well. I found most of my humor comes from just describing my literal view to people, and coming up with unusual metaphors that make sense but seem unrelated.

Generally I don't have any trouble understanding jokes, puns, metaphors, sarcasm, and other expressions like that. Even as a child I never did.

Never had a problem with metaphors. Even alien ones. "Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra."