As I said before an assertion a statement of truth an assertion of any kind is the utterance of a metaphor because the deep structure of any assertion is that a is b.

正如我之前所说，一个表判断句子，是一种对事实的陈述，一切表示判断的句子说出口后都变成了隐喻，因为所有的判断句的实质结构为，甲是乙。

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But how deep does the metaphor actually run, psychologically speaking?

但从心理学上来说，这种比喻到底有多深入人心？

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When practicing yoga, people often feel severe pain, but you need to do is take a deep breath, put up with it and overcome it, yoga is actually a metaphor of life.

练瑜伽的时候，人经常会感到痛苦难忍，但你需要做的只是深呼吸，忍受它然后克服它，瑜伽其实就是生活的暗喻。

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This term is a metaphor for having deep insight into troubleshooting.

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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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