One meaning can be expressed with different degrees of explicitness and emphasis:
1. “Zayd is like a lion in courage”: both marker and respect are explicit.
2. “Zayd is like a lion”: marker present, respect omitted.
3. “Zayd is a lion in courage”: marker omitted, respect stated.
4. “Zayd is a lion”: both omitted.
Omission may strengthen the rhetorical claim, but maximum omission does not guarantee maximum eloquence. The audience must still recover the intended likeness and the expression must suit the occasion.
Emphasis, clarity, and contextual appropriateness therefore require separate judgment.