We think, we hope it's a metaphor.

我们认为，我们觉得，这是个比喻。

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It's a metaphor.

这只是个比喻。

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But we can do as Marx did — it's a metaphor, an image.

但是我们能像马克思那样——它是一个隐喻，一种比方。

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It's a metaphor,but still an important insight into his psychology.

这是个比喻，但也是对他心理的重要洞察。

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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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It's a bit more-- to continue with the metaphor of the on-of switch-- as though not only is the switch turned to off, there's a lock on the switch.

要继续用开关的比喻-,就有点奇怪了-,似乎开关的上面，还有一个锁定装置。

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It's a beautiful metaphor - whenever the mother puts the cold cream on, but she loses that, she misses it.

BBC: Still Here

Technically, it would be important to them to have done a test and to - it's something like the metaphor of the missile test they did over the summer.

NPR: Diplomat Offers Analysis of North Korea Test

Mr. Kurlantzick ably chronicles Thompson's time in Southeast Asia but unfortunately attempts to make his life something it was not: a metaphor for what he thinks went wrong with U.S. policy in Southeast Asia.

WSJ: Book Review: The Ideal Man