metaphor
Example Sentences
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In a 1944 letter, he noted that he sometimes found Welty’s gorgeous metaphors and similes a distraction, “touching something outside the story so vividly that for a moment the mind shifts away from the theme.”
The undercooked turkey may act as a metaphor for your relationship with your sister.
From MarketWatch
It’s a joke, sure, but it also nails the metaphor: gravy is what you get when fortune tips your way; beans are what you settle for when it doesn’t.
From Salon
As fashion metaphors go, it’s hard to miss.
From New York Times
Then funnily enough, I think somebody told me that "House of the Dragon" came up with a similar metaphor.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
