It is a cliche to say that sport is a metaphor for life.

体育是生活的隐喻，这句话似乎已是老生常谈。

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Inescapably, it seems a metaphor for the artist himself.

画家似乎难以避免地以此暗喻了自身情况。

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This story is just a metaphor for the rest of us in our lives.

这个故事不也暗喻了我们其他人的生活么？

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Writer-director Cameron also acknowledges that what the humans try to do on the fictional Pandora is a clear metaphor for what he believes are the dangers of exploitation on our own planet;

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But a few verses later it's clear that the poet isn't really drowning: this is a metaphor for his difficult situation.

但是随后的几首诗证明了，诗人并没有真正的溺水：,这里的水象征着困境。

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There is something that one might be able to hold on to: the knob of something, the little flame of something that ; The grain of sand. -The grain of sand; but there is really not a decent metaphor for it, I think.

一个你可以依靠的支点：,一个不同寻常的想法，一个思想的小火花,就像一粒沙中看世界，-一粒沙中看世界;,不过我认为任何比喻都不够贴切。

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The bill's acronym as a metaphor for the reins on a horse is fitting.

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He saw the ship as a metaphor for the nation's post-war strength, pride and accomplishment.

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In this respect, as in so many others, baseball is a metaphor for life.

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