Richard Granger, then NHS director of IT, likened it to running a team of huskies, where underperformers are "chopped up and fed to the other dogs … The survivors work harder, not only because they have had a meal, but because they have seen what will happen should they themselves go lame".
The prosecution is seeking the death penalty for Mr Azam, whom it likened, in its closing arguments this week, to Adolf Hitler.
It sold its most profitable firms before selling the lossmakers, a strategy it likened to "marrying off the prettiest daughter" first, according to Linda Chelan Li of the City University of Hong Kong.
The Tate Modern celebrated its 10th anniversary with a free international arts festival that it likened to a pop-up village of global art; Chris Dercon was named as the new director.
It likened sex to hanging out wet washing.
"South Park", a satirical television show, hit the nail on the head when it likened the whole process to purgatory—"like a terrifying limbo"—because it is just that.
