This metaphor is very appropriate.

这个比喻很贴切。

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In this metaphor, think about the relationship between the mind and the body as similar to the relationship between harmony and a harp.

这个比喻里，思考一下身心的关系类比于和声与竖琴的关系。

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As long as in this metaphor the ashes are the fail whale.

只不过这个比喻中的灰烬是失败的鲸鱼。

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Is this metaphor, think about the relationship between the mind and the body as similar to the relationship between harmony and a harp.

思考思想和身体的关系,是否和这个比喻里,和声和竖琴的关系相同。

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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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And so as a way of understanding what at this point is really the sheer repetitiveness of this disclaimer, I want to propose a metaphor.

因此为了理解这个论点是否真的,是这种放弃的纯粹的重复，我将会提出一个隐喻。

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This metaphor, which you may have heard in a different context, has to do with frogs.

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This metaphor is analogous to the wedges we put into any type of relationship in our lives.

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Now, I am not sure that this metaphor bodes well for kids, but in terms of food it certainly works.

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