Sentences with phrase «using war metaphors»

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Most books on the topic of sales use game or war metaphors.

A metaphor is a word or phrase used inappropriately.12 It belongs in one context but is being used in another: the arm of the chair, war as a chess game, God the father.

The book's tone of urgency and its copious use of war metaphors left many readers with the distinct impression that American politics was experiencing an irreversible decline.

The dominant metaphor Harris uses for Church is that of an army at war.

Out of left wing, a Plaid Cymru MP says Harman was brave to say the Iraq war was a mistake, and tries to use it as a metaphor for government failure to not impose more market regulation before the current crisis hit.

Constant World War Two metaphors were used and even where they weren't, the language was so aggressive and self - interested that it hardened the backs of anyone tempted to give Britain a better deal.

He sees the big picture and the detail — or to use a metaphor often applied to cancer, the battle and the war.

The metaphor certainly influences how we think about illness, which might mean we should dial back on the use of «medicine - as - war».

So often we see metaphors of war used to explain strength.

As a thriller its quite nerve wracking and as a metaphor for how innocent Mexican citizens are used as pawns in the drug war between the various gangs and the DEA its effective.

Jolie for her part uses silence as a kind of metaphor for our collective speechlessness in the face of war's horrors.

But they also serve as metaphor: Naranjo uses his heroine as a symbolic stand - in for Mexico's citizens, blameless bystanders caught in the cross fire of a billion - dollar range war.

[Response: Jeffrey, you'll be pleased to hear that I use * both * of these metaphors in The Hockey Stick & the Climate Wars.

The war preparation is a good metaphor, and I may use it.

The masterpiece of the genre is Max Ernst's superb «Europa nach dem Regen» («Europe after the Rains,» 1942), which uses the titular climate change as a metaphor for the destructive forces of war and politics.

The corn, a symbol of growth, was used as a metaphor for France's post war resurg...