Sentence examples for metaphor this from inspiring English sources
I Is an Other, by James Geary (HarperCollins, £11.99) From a metaphorical "explosion" in evolution to an explosion of metaphor: this Rimbaud-titled book surveys psychology and linguistics to argue that metaphor is not language dressed up or gone wrong, but is at the root of our thinking about time, space and feelings.
That was metaphor; this was fact.
"Migration" as a metaphor (this is Apple's term) is a little misleading.
Apart from the problematic metaphor, this might seem an almost unbelievable turn of good luck.
As a metaphor, this applies first to the young trio of Natalie, Frank and Richard.
To steal another metaphor, this one from the coming age of worldwide renewable electrification: this movement is like a battery.
Like most simple metaphors, this one has a perceptual flaw.
Like all metaphors, this one breaks down sooner or later.
We will explore this using an animated landscape visualization, which may be an ideal metaphor for this discussion.
Indeed, the most regular metaphor in this book is ludic.
The mural is an apt metaphor for this book.
