Is all of our Language metaphorical?

I define metaphor as the transfer of meaning from one statement or image to another. Metaphors can point to realities that elude literal, overt vocabulary. Metaphor should not be denied cognitive status: in fact, cognition itself is expanded by metaphor; as metaphor is multidimensional, metaphor adds meaning. Metaphor “is a cognitive act of originality, by which we alter our way of structuring reality. Thus metaphor is as important to human thought as mathematics. Metaphors serve a purpose that “standard discursive language will not and cannot serve

Man is a wolf ” shows both the identity (humans are ferocious) and the difference (humans are not quadrupeds). A metaphor cannot be True or False, but it can be trite or shallow,  It has been said that all natural language is metaphorical.  Scientific diagrams, creeds, architectural drawings, paintings, maps, poetry, are all metaphorical. Even the most abstract artwork is a metaphor for the culture that has expressed it. Any nontautological statement—any statement with an intended external referent—is metaphorical.

.” Physicalism assumes that meaningful language is restricted to the analytical and descriptive; but expressive, suggestive, figurative language can be even more meaningful. Whereas analytical language narrows down toward an answer, or at least an analytically definable question, figurative language opens up to a rich multitude of meanings.