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The phrase "metaphor to" is not grammatically correct or commonly used in written English.
Instead, the correct structure would be "metaphor for" or "metaphorical to." For example, "The author used the river as a metaphor for the passage of time." or "Her words were metaphorical to a symphony, each one perfectly crafted and working together to create a beautiful whole."

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That's a nice metaphor to use.

Angela Davis finds the very metaphor to be a problem.

He used a cinematic metaphor to explain it.

It seems Lake intended this metaphor to suggest hope.

It seems we are now extending that metaphor to plants.

Camouflage felt like a nice metaphor to use, and, graphically, it's quite pleasing to render".

Mr. Kaglic, who is also a pilot, used an aviation metaphor to explain what he meant.

But it is hard to come up with an adequate metaphor to replace the overused superlatives.

He was philosophical, and even managed a sporting metaphor to explain his predicament.

It doesn't pay to adopt the other side's metaphor, to say the least.

Class war didn't seem like a metaphor to him: it was the reality of everyday life.

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