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nounfigure of speech, implied comparison

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André Kostolany, the 20th Century stock market whiz, had a great metaphor for the markets that dog owners might appreciate.

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It was about persevering in the face of hardship, with contrasting harmonies and melodies acting as metaphors for life and death.

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In April 2014, President Xi Jinping used tea and beer as metaphors to underscore friendship with Belgium, during a visit to that country.

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I just think it happened to come along at exactly the moment that people were interested in that metaphor and exploring it.

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But, Begley says, it may be time to trade in the hard-wired metaphor for a less misleading one.

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"To say that the brute has awakened in a man is not a mere metaphor always," he went on presently.

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The musician not showing any visible appreciation of the managers metaphor, Perkins immediately proceeded to uncock his eye.

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By a noble metaphor, says Milman, the day of their death was considered that of their birth to immortality.

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To carry out your metaphor of the tree, the graft cut from the parent stock must bear fruit for itself.

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