The butterfly as a metaphor of transformation and rebirth has long appealed to mystics of all stripes.
By then, the game had changed character and become an allegory of society and, increasingly, a metaphor of love.
Its original proposition was simple: free home pages, organized in thematic neighborhoods, using a geographic metaphor of streets and houses.
So is this actually kind of a metaphor for the sort of internal struggle for the soul of Turkey of whether Turkey is going to be considered an Islamic country or a secular?
If hanging ten seems a strange choice of metaphor for a band that formed in North Carolina, it doesn't really matter: Superchunk's spiky guitar-pop still flies out of every corner.
This is not so much a tale of Aubrey in particular but a metaphor for the preservation and perpetuation of our systems of corporate governance in particular and the integrity of our financial markets in general.
In a deliberately provocative speech, David Cameron, the Tory leader, adopted the metaphor of a caravan crossing the desert to highlight the importance of making sure that the income growth of the poorest keeps pace with the rest.
The rise of the hamburger is a metaphor for the rise of America.
Heavy-lidded eyes cast down, he concentrates intently on a book, with the deep, swirling folds of his enveloping red cloak serving as a visible metaphor for the cocoon of his ecstatic absorption.
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The vacancy of the entire year class seems like a fitting metaphor for halls of fame across all sports, but especially in baseball.
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The Conservatives' Angela Burns, is never short of a metaphor or two and the shadow education minister is no fan of the Labour government's policy on student fees.
The conventional view of Thomas takes his lack of participation at oral argument as a kind of metaphor.
The music is in a constant state of becoming, a metaphor for the ceaseless activity that Mr Carter observed in contemporary America.
For the phoenix is also a good metaphor for the attitude of those who seek extraterrestrial life: a fire of optimism unquenchable by negative results.
His last two movies: Unstoppable and The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 both involved trains and trains were a good metaphor for the kind of filmmaking Scott did.
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For years I have used the metaphor of a two-sided coin to understand the strengths and weaknesses of people.
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Indeed, at his confirmation hearing, McCaffrey said that the metaphor of a war on drugs was inadequate - too militaristic and macho.
If ever there were a metaphor for the balance of power between district public schools and charters under Mayor Michael R.
While every word is true, it also stands as a metaphor for the influence of money in our lives, regardless of our geography.
What could have been merely a silly send-up manages to be a meditation on marriage and a metaphor for the fragility of fortunes, big and small.
The contrast between the staid exteriors and the vibrant interiors of homes is a metaphor for the city, says Val Nehez, an interior designer who works both out of Philadelphia and New York.
It is the first and still only company to use a female design metaphor for its electronics, in a world of consumer electronics dominated with macho design.
Pulling out a popular metaphor in the capital of horse racing, Fletcher said the contest was too close to call.
It is too soon to say that the "reset" -- or, to use a broader metaphor, the upgrading of Italy's cultural, political and economic software -- will fail again.
But he ends up so far from this theme that a potentially glorious scene, a sermon on water as a metaphor for love in the mission church of St Xavier del Bac, becomes an aside in a chapter about junk food and barrios.
The third rail, of course, is a metaphor for any issue so controversial that it is untouchable, like the electric rail often found in the center of a railroad track.
Even if it is a fading symbol of Chinese society, the bicycle remains a tempting metaphor for its economy.
Never use a metaphor, simile or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
Interpreted as a metaphor rather than a literal account of events, there is a good deal of truth in Hobbes' story.
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