The bill's acronym as a metaphor for the reins on a horse is fitting.
He saw the ship as a metaphor for the nation's post-war strength, pride and accomplishment.
In this respect, as in so many others, baseball is a metaphor for life.
And that was really interesting, almost a metaphor in some ways, living within the destruction.
That sheet of paper, which Luhnow still keeps, became a metaphor for the franchise.
That is, the invisible hand is a metaphor for a suboptimal outcome driven by non-economic considerations.
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Indeed, cannibalism continues to be read on many levels as a metaphor for Brazilian art.
"A metaphor that pollsters frequently use is a chef in the kitchen, " Holland said.
Chess continues to crop up in books and movies as a metaphor for life.
Merely a metaphor, maybe, but one that - as metaphors can - touches the edge of actuality.
The butterfly as a metaphor of transformation and rebirth has long appealed to mystics of all stripes.
The paradox of wealth without refinement remains unexamined but emerges as a metaphor for the American Dream itself.
My own best guess about the asymmetry of parental love lies in a metaphor borrowed from the sciences.
Never use a metaphor, simile or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
Ultimately, a metaphor is going to be an imperfect picture for the actual workings of a scientific concept.
But in the case of weaver ants in Africa, this description may be more than just a metaphor.
Therein lies a metaphor: From South Korea to Singapore, the Asian nations see themselves as on an epic quest.
Actually, Obama's phrase about a fist--whether clenched or not--is too narrow a metaphor.
Today, a metaphor would need to help us understand how the conversation flows.
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By then, the game had changed character and become an allegory of society and, increasingly, a metaphor of love.
Sport is simply a metaphor designed to help the reader relate and understand.
The rise of the hamburger is a metaphor for the rise of America.
The measure's Republican co-sponsor, Senator John Warner of Virginia, harkened back an earlier era as a metaphor for the bill.
Interpreted as a metaphor rather than a literal account of events, there is a good deal of truth in Hobbes' story.
Orange County used to be a metaphor for bland homogeneity, its politics solidly Republican, its population overwhelmingly white, its problems small-town.
This is fortunate for William Hague, who enjoys deploying the Dome as a metaphor for Labour's (alleged) vacuity and fiscal ineptitude.
The music is in a constant state of becoming, a metaphor for the ceaseless activity that Mr Carter observed in contemporary America.
But though the two films share a metaphor for human inaction (the inability to leave a fixed space), the similarities end there.
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This is usually a metaphor for when an elected official halts legislation.
If ever there were a metaphor for the balance of power between district public schools and charters under Mayor Michael R.
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