metaphor

Igor’s fading memory proves to be an apt, albeit obvious metaphor for a vocation slowly losing its connection to its past as truffles have emerged as a hot gastronomic trend.

He chose clay deliberately, as a metaphor for connection with the land of Benin itself.

The metaphor was apt, up to a point: this point.

The film won’t win any prizes for the subtlest metaphor of the year.

The paintings would capture people in their homes and the ceramic vessels, as a metaphor for himself as an artist in service of his subject, would be serving ware — plates, cups, bowls, bottles.