The phrase "current metaphor" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to a metaphor that is currently being used or is relevant to a current situation. This phrase can be used in various contexts, such as literature, politics, and everyday conversation. Here is an example sentence: "The author skillfully incorporates a current metaphor in his novel, comparing the protagonist's journey to a rollercoaster ride."
The Poetic Allusion Watch is maintained in this space to call attention to the roots of our current metaphor expressed in flights of vaguely remembered poetry.
"Now that White Van Man has approved London's new Tate Gallery," the Sun proclaimed, "it has the official blessing of the people" — deliverymen who drive white vans being the paper's current metaphor for working-class guys.
"Now that White Van Man has approved London's new Tate Gallery," the Sun proclaimed, "it has the official blessing of the people"—deliverymen who drive white vans being the paper's current metaphor for working-class guys.
Yet Microsoft understands the threat that data overload poses to Windows' current metaphors.
We also need to change the metaphors that guide behavior in everyday life to avoid the disastrous consequences of our current metaphor-guided behaviors.
It isn't a huge departure from the current interface metaphor.
The first generation raised on social media; their attention spans drift like currents of plastic (metaphor intended).
The coupling of these prickly creatures is probably an accurate enough metaphor for current political events in Germany.
But more remarkable, "High Noon" remains current, a resilient political metaphor -- and the dramatization of a scenario particularly beloved by recent American leaders.
In "The Lazy River," a pool at an all-inclusive hotel in Spain, where guests float along on a steady current, becomes an explicit metaphor for 2017.
The Lexicographic Irregular John Strother of Princeton, N.J., holds that the current extension of the metaphor is rooted in the feedback theory of electrical engineers and later of automation pioneers.
