Is it essential to highlight the use of a metaphor with 像...那样 or something to this effect? In the 标准教程HSK4上 book, chapter 6, 课文1, I felt 张远 was being annoying by asking a lot of questions about why 李进 didn't answer his phone.  So I wrote:

如果别人不想接电话，不用审问TA。

My teacher was surprised by my use of 审问 (interrogate).  It's the kind of thing I would say in English:

If someone doesn't want to answer their phone, you don't need to interrogate them.

My teacher seemed puzzled by 审问, and said 问 would be better.  But changing 审问 to 问 would change the meaning: you can ask, but don't ask so intensely that it feels like an interrogation.
I'm thinking she interprets 审问 literally, and it would be better to flag the use of this metaphor, perhaps with 像...那样.  Something like:

如果别人不想接电话，不用像一个审问那样问TA。

Question: Is it essential to highlight the use of a metaphor with 像...那样 or something to this effect?
I found some examples online:

男友像审问犯人一样问女友 (here)
我不喜欢,批评学生像审问犯人的那样的教育 (here)
如果别人不想接电话，不用像一个审问那样问他 


一个审问 (an interrogation) is a noun, but your sentence suggests 审问 is a verb with the object "犯人" omitted

The problem of your sentence is 像(审问)犯人那样(问)他 is an incorrect form of shorten "审问"

The correct form is 如果别人不想接电话，不用像(审问)犯人那样(审)他 (if someone doesn't want to take your phone call, there's no need to interrogate him like interrogate a criminal suspect)

You can reduce "像(审问犯人)那样" to "像(审犯)那样" . 审犯 (interrogate criminal suspect) is a common Chinese term 

You can even shorten the sentence further by removing "如果" and "像... 那样" and write: "别人不想接电话，也不用(审犯)般(审)他" 

也 implies 如果; 般 means 那样