But the point I'm trying to make is that often the word 'metaphor' is simply a shorthand description for a very common, run-of-the-mill intellectual tool that all of us use.
While their comments were wonderfully diverse there was also a very common thread running through most of them that spoke to the single most important component of joy which is a sense of personal connection.
Seeing grief as a problem is very common -- it runs through much of the grief literature, and most people approach it that way when someone they love is in pain.
In addition to the technical replicates commonly used in other assays, in cases where the execution of the assay is split into several runs, it is very common for an inter-run calibrator to be used to quantify the variation introduced by the splitting of the experiment and to normalise for it.
These symptoms are characteristic of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which is a very common condition that tends to run a chronic course.
Hit and runs are very common and insurance companies notoriously specialize in denying claims.
It is very common for such businesses to be run by married couples (the aging population in urban areas makes it possible for these couples to be employed).
In the 20-plus years I've been working in the mortgage industry, not a year goes by where I'm not approached by someone who runs into this very common mortgage conundrum.
Wood's idea was that the box would run on thorium, which is a very common, mildly radioactive metal.
Running gags and recurring segments were very common in the show.
It is very common for people to feel fatigue within the first minute of running.
