What does metaphor mean?

Metaphor means using one thing to metaphor another thing.

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1. This metaphor extends to all fields of chemistry.

2. Roses are often used as a metaphor for love in poetry.

3. Let us classify various metaphors.

4. This is a metaphor that reflects how much we need love and how much we need to be needed by others.

5. But the question now is whether containment is also the right metaphor for the Afghan government and the threat of extremism.

6. One of the reasons metaphors work so well in our communication is that we accept them as true without thinking about them.

7. Because even for a skilled and shrewd author, this metaphor is too obvious and cannot achieve the desired effect.

8. When you use metaphors, don’t mix them up.

9. This was more hurtful than anything else he might have said, because it reminded Amy of an ugly metaphor.

10. Photography itself only captures a passing moment. Its power lies in its metaphor, because photography captures our thoughts rather than us capturing the subject.

11. In the Bible, God, through the prophets, uses the law of marriage he designed as a metaphor for a relationship, and he longs to be with his believers.

12. When you use metaphors, don’t mix up the preceding and the following. That is, don't call something a swordfish at first and then an hourglass later.

13. This has always been a metaphor for me as an adult.

14. It may also be an image, a comparison, the similarity found in different things, and this is also the connotation of metaphor and simile.

15. It uses words from stories and songs, as well as poetry, paradoxes, and metaphors to express.

16. Obviously, we use a lot of metaphors when we develop structures, but they cannot replace the role of structures.

17. When we think and talk about our emotions, body metaphors often arise.

18. But does this mean Watson "understands" the "nuances, slang and metaphors" of human language?

19. Those who oppose environmental action are deeply Knowing this, they often used the image of electric lights at night in their propaganda as a metaphor for excitement, civilization and progress.

20. If the universe is a four-dimensional sphere, is this a metaphor?