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metaphor [ˈmet̬əfɔːr, Brit -təfəʳ] N

metaphor

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Metaphors, such as facing monsters or going to an unknown world are used. en.wikipedia.org

I believe that there is a level on which science and religious metaphor are mutually compatible. en.wikipedia.org

This metaphor derives from the early 20th century, when all movies were filmed in black and white. en.wikipedia.org

They widely used metaphors, sometimes producing long chains of them in their poems. en.wikipedia.org

The meaning of armed and dangerous, for example, derives from the sum of its parts, while armed to the teeth involves metaphor. en.wikipedia.org

Advocates of the health metaphor argue for its simplicity as a communication tool. en.wikipedia.org

He proceeds to use a map as a metaphor for religion, noting that both help the individual to navigate their own way through the world. en.wikipedia.org

She also uses walking through a minefield as a metaphor for being near her partner. en.wikipedia.org

His use of metaphors are vivid, and complex, and many of his poems quite long. en.wikipedia.org

The pose was considered a metaphor of surrender to the national ideas. en.wikipedia.org

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