Sentences with phrase «of metaphor for»

As noted previously, «enter» is a kind of metaphor for delivering electronic commands to a system capable of receiving and acting on them.

It's sort of a metaphor for «leaving a stamp on the Earth».

His constantly varied bathrobe, transparent to the gaze of the world, was a kind of metaphor for a self - portrait.

Pace have had (what now looks like a) gallery - sized office in Lexington Street, Soho, for about two years, which always seemed a footnote to their 4 New York galleries and their Beijing space, not to mention a kind of metaphor for where the power in the art world is shifting.

To pick up on one of the main threads, whether or not what we feel as «physicality» in abstract sculpture is inevitably some kind of metaphor for a «bodily» sensation:

I'm kind of lost when Robin talks about one of the main threads of BC17 as «whether or not what we feel as «physicality» in abstract sculpture is inevitably some kind of metaphor for a «bodily» sensation.»

His dishes — with cuisines, ingredients, and languages rubbing up against each other at every turn — could be taken as some sort of metaphor for the city where he cooks.

Adding Mexican recipes to the El Paso bakery was a kind of metaphor for Riki and Reba and what their future life will be.

Sports movies almost always hang on the big game or match as some kind of metaphor for a real social battle.

Thus the film becomes a bit of a metaphor for getting old.

Whether this is a kind of metaphor for life in Britain - it is to some extent, but not exclusively.

Either they're really slow to announce casting or the bear is some kind of metaphor for their plight.

Yeah, «Robbin Season» is kind of a metaphor for all of that.»

If Irons» roles in Dead Ringers and M. Butterfly provide a roundabout link to Cronenberg, so does a med - school scene where the skin of a cadaver's head is peeled away in a kind of metaphor for society's thin surface.

If this were to be the case, it would prove to be something of a metaphor for everything the MCU has become.

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

I may not wear my high heels every day, but I like to think of my blog name as more of a metaphor for how I like my life to be — enjoying every good and bad moment, taking chances, be adventurous but always well - dressed.

Fully to consider the applicability of the theory of metaphor for this purpose would require more space than is available here.

It is one of the virtues of a metaphor for ministry tied to organic development that it can provide for every time, no matter how we may sigh to ourselves or the world declare that the chances of renewed meaning lie behind us.

This picture — snapped of a bald eagle, America's favorite bird, who swooped in on fisherman Bruce Huntley's catch and stole away with it before he could reel it in — is probably some sort of metaphor for American ingenuity or opportunism or something.

Mike has crushed it and I'm not sure if it was Joel or I who got him started, but I'm sure he'd attest to the power of that metaphor for getting you to take bold moves.

The new hotel offers a sort of metaphor for the village, which is roughly half farmers and half billionaires (millionaires can't afford this real estate).

These implications are explored through a comparison of metaphors for teaching, as generated by the award - winning teachers.

These interiors with their distinctive collections of objects and the occupants within these closed worlds took his unique vision on a path from social critique to the creation of metaphors for the inner mind.

«Ultimately, as much as my work has been concerned with events and politics outside my studio, each painting is full of metaphors for the battles inherent in my own creative process: trying to make something from nothing, intention from accident, illusion from flatness and meaning from doubt.»

By projecting their light into the exhibition space, and because they are joined by precisely arranged cords to power sources (which are in turn connected to the wall), the tubes offer a host of metaphors for what it means to exist in physical space as a participating entity and not merely an observer.

The authors suggest that many of the metaphors for approaching problems in narrative therapy have tended to foster an adversarial or aggressive relationship between problems and persons.

Not exact matches

Indeed, the status of the much - maligned bundle is a good metaphor for the industry's problems.

Coles uses a doughnut as a «metaphor for your ex — warm, sweet, familiar, and loaded with trans fats that clog the arteries and eventually lead to a blockage of the heart.»

A lot of people wonder why it's known as the cloud, this is just a metaphor for the Internet.

Metaphors also make for memorable conversation and help others to digest your point of view.

It's a metaphor for what Kia, a company associated with affordability, is trying to do to consumers» perception of the brand as it expands into the luxury market.

It's just that the strange experience of being surrounded by a virtual landscape in which only one thing is happening suddenly felt like a metaphor for where marketing technology finds itself today.

In a near - perfect metaphor for retail's upheaval, Macy's sold the top floors of its downtown Seattle location in October — and Amazon is moving in.

Quite a few posts referenced the metaphor of travel: For example, there's «Starting a business is like embarking on a journey.»

If a coin toss is a metaphor for meeting different customers, outcomes of past coin tosses have no bearing on the outcome of the current toss.

It's a show of incorruptibility — a metaphor for being orderly and transparent with attention to detail.

An emotional bank account is a Stephen Covey metaphor for the amount of trust perceived in a relationship.

While common football metaphors like «Don't sit on the sideline» can be useful, your best bet is to focus conversations around your excitement for the annual «Super Bowl Squares,» a betting pool operated by the Super Bowl Square Manager, wherein an employee with the least amount of football knowledge wins the most money.

But burning the boats may be a particularly apt metaphor for what companies must do to stay afloat in today's economy, in which «disruption» is the new normal and «pivots» have taken the place of business plans.

So let's use a metaphor for something they already like: Game of Thrones.

«An Italian Family Dinner is a brilliant metaphor for the type of culture we need at Saatchi to be a great creative agency,» says Smart.

It's a metaphor for affecting the humility of a novice, a willingness to learn new things despite having already found great success.

In the story of Garcia's swing — and how he's stayed true to it, despite criticism about its idiosyncrasies — you can find a metaphor for authenticity: That is, the art of staying true to yourself.

Just as the Jews in Biblical times achieved their dream of freedom and self - determination, many of the elements of the Exodus story serve as metaphors for how we can achieve our own dreams today.

Gardening might not be the first place you'd think to look for productivity metaphors, but Hertling has unearthed a great one from the wisdom of farmers.

On a mystical level, certain sources maintain that the flatness and lack of air in matzah is a metaphor for keeping your ego in check and not getting too «puffed up» and arrogant.

The conflict: Americans and Canadians are battling it out over the Peace Bridge, which links Fort Erie, Ont., to Buffalo, N.Y. Americans on the binational authority overseeing the bridge are accusing Canadians of foot - dragging on a redevelopment project on the U.S. side, and Cuomo said the bridge is a «metaphor for dysfunction.»

For Christopher Simovich, CEO of Global Strategies, a boutique security agency based in Aliso Viejo, California, that is no metaphor.

That's the premise of the Jurassic Park movies, of course, but it's also a metaphor for what Comcast - owned (CMCSA) Universal Pictures just did with its dino - franchise.