metaphorical

Tadpoles become toads, and, in tales such as this one, metaphorical toads can be — whether through will, chance, or wishes — transformed into something else.

Mr Ford said: "Originally Bagpuss was like your grandad, he was there in the metaphorical armchair telling you about his tales and adventures gone by."

Public opinion polls have shown that the party’s metaphorical church is struggling and fragile; its pews are thinning.

They have a badge on, whether it’s literal or metaphorical, but they’re guessing too.

The literal ones and the magical, metaphorical ones.