A
metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two things without using "like" or "as." It is used to create a vivid image or description by saying that something is something else. For example, saying "he is a snake" means he is deceitful or sneaky.
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As noted previously, «enter» is a kind of
metaphor for delivering electronic commands to a system capable of receiving and acting on them.
These perspectives serve as
metaphors of her formal inquiries.
I like the idea of
using metaphors in therapy, so that I can think in different and creative ways about the situations facing me or my relationship.
If it has more to do
with metaphors for spiritual crises, that, too, seems contemporary.
It's a powerful
visual metaphor for this pioneering collaboration, we're sure you'll agree.
It's not a huge tree, but it's there, a
good metaphor for life and ministry in the desert.
He is interested in experimenting with expectations, relativity, and assumptions of what is fixed versus in flux; these themes
become metaphors for imagination, memory, nostalgia, and obsession.
It is an
apt metaphor because constructing an «optimal» portfolio based on * past * return, SD, correlation data tells us very little about the future.
The film relies
on metaphors of how fragile the state of a person is in between their teenage years and adulthood.
On another more personal dimension, it was obvious he had deep affection for mountain climbing and used
metaphors from that activity to describe his thought.
If I may offer an observation, you've used a very
mixed metaphor in your article.
Instead, he maintains a light tone
through metaphors referencing favorite foods or movies.
It's pretty much the
perfect metaphor for what our detoxification systems face these days.
One sign of a great philosopher is his effective use of
metaphor at just the right moment.
It's one of the most
powerful metaphors in any language, and it is the substance by which we measure our humanity.
The artist's textured surfaces transform her painted imagery
into metaphors of memories and reflections.
Yet other books are clearly not
just metaphor; for example, many are letters written to specific churches to address issues that were going on there.
By way of conclusion let me play with a contextual
metaphor which comes from this discussion of multiple religious participation.
This perpetual dance between these two iconic symbols of construction and progress will serve as a
greater metaphor about cooperation.
We're quickly running out of applicable sports
metaphors here, but you get the idea.
His works play on ideas of sensory perception and will, constructing absurd scenes full of contrast, often
creating metaphors layered with societal references.
Spiritual warfare is tough business, and perhaps military
metaphors work occasionally.
The value of
such metaphors may be clearer for infectious diseases caused by single pathogens.
Focusing on the gardening, however, does not do justice to the
central metaphor of this passage.
The saying «it takes two to dance» is a good
metaphor when considering the teacher and student relationship.
It's funny but it's also such an appropriate
metaphor because plants are naturally so soothing, so comforting.
The ordinary organism from which our
root metaphor comes is not an organism, but once more, a society of organisms.
In this way,
war metaphors in medicine can invite ways of thinking that may not be scientifically or socially productive.
Indeed, the hypothesis he uses to frame his undertaking is, I think, more a
political metaphor than a scientific method.
Being one who
loves metaphor I wondered: where else was I walking around something in life, and not through?
If metaphors for describing the postdoctoral experience change, and if the experience is framed in entrepreneurial terms, then perhaps questions involving classification and compensation will be easier to answer.
The
social metaphor still operates, along with as cynical — and as accurate — a take on the art market as anyone could want.
But the argument as it unfolds is about different perspectives articulated through
different metaphors.
With regard to my reference to «the game»: That was a
simple metaphor for interaction on this blog.
The game of chess is another
useful metaphor for understanding how physical laws might have changed.