This paper aims to discuss the concept of metaphor as an iconic sign, as it was proposed by Charles Sanders Peirce in his Theory of Signs. Next to a brief introduction consisting in recalling the description of the hypoicons (signs whose representative function is based on the similarity between the representamen and its object), we consider the strong tendency to what we call the verbocentric reading of the Peircian metaphor, evidenced in some essential works for the dissemination of semiotic studies. With this expression, we refer to the exclusive, or even preferential, linkage of the metaphorical iconic sign to the linguistic code, which emphasizes its discursive character, making this semiotic concept coincide with the figure of speech t...