The metaphor proved apt for all.
But Mr. Wiedeking's metaphor proved far too playful for what transpired, as financial markets and feuding families took their toll on his attack plan.
No doubt the "visual buzz" and power of the "stairway to the stars" metaphor proved irresistible to the champions of inaccessible design for a new TKTS booth in Times Square.
The test metaphor proved apt: senators demanded transparency, accountability, and support for new legislation, yet they addressed Zuckerberg as a brilliant student, one who might need a lesson in responsibility but had plenty to offer in return.
Silicon Valley, where thousands of people saw their paper millions evaporate, then reappear, seemed admirably laid back, depicting the stress as an "old-world" east-coast thing.For other independent spirits, all the blood-curdling metaphors proved cruelly illusory.
Seeing food as a cultural metaphor, she proved to be both an insightful philosopher of food and a writer of fine prose.
The results showed that the day planner metaphor was proved superior in terms of the objective measures, i.e., the number of clicks, task completion time, and the number of errors.
(Your over-evolved metaphor only further proves your immaturity; just say "blow job"!) But either way, if you say these things, you can bet your cowardly, juvenile ass you're going to get dismissed from the discussion.
However, this mouse-metaphor interface proved to be a poor one in the end.
And we finally had the sports metaphors to prove it.
Although on paper they sound like the worst patients ever (who wants an after-dark appointment with a werewolf?), their supernatural powers make for plotlines that cleverly relate to real-world issues – a zombie starts a narrative on assisted suicide, while anti-werewolf feeling proves a metaphor for racial discrimination.
