Sentence examples for metaphor made from inspiring English sources

With Gregory translating, I asked our new friends if they thought my cowboy metaphor made sense.

"Under his influence, metaphor made its triumphal entry into modern painting," André Breton, who credited Chagall as the father of surrealism, later said.

The biggest banks are like aspen trees (to borrow a famous, but incorrect, metaphor made by Scooter Libby in a different context): their roots are intertwined and they turn color at the same time.

The building has been beautifully converted by Norman Foster, and at its core is the metaphor made literal - it's possible to look down from the upturned sugar bowl of the cupola at the parliament: transparent government.

That small change in metaphor made a big difference.

When Mike made his post "Comparing the Flickrs of Video" last November, that metaphor made sense.

Super Bowl halftime show is not a combat situation, and metaphor makes no sense.

UNDER her tutelage, even washing dishes becomes a challenging exercise in metaphor making.

A colorful metaphor makes a theory stand out among the crowd.

No doubt it all depends on what you mean by "legato", literally the art of "binding" the notes or, to change the metaphor, making them flow.

That metaphor makes less and less sense, he said, adding, "An information system that spreads over the whole globe is the way to go".