"metaphor" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

metaphor sustantivo

sustantivo + metaphor

Kolokacji: 7

sports metaphor • desktop metaphor • baseball metaphor • animal metaphor • war metaphor • ...

metaphor + verbo

Kolokacji: 6

metaphor describes • metaphor suggests • metaphor referring • metaphor implies • metaphor abounds • ...

verbo + metaphor

Kolokacji: 6

use a metaphor • mix metaphors • use as a metaphor • employ metaphors • metaphor drawn • ...

adjetivo + metaphor

Kolokacji: 48

apt metaphor • visual metaphor • perfect metaphor • mixed metaphor • central metaphor • ...

Kolokacji: 4

1. apt metaphor = apt metafora apt metaphor

2. visual metaphor = wizualna metafora visual metaphor

3. perfect metaphor = doskonała metafora perfect metaphor

4. mixed metaphor = zastosowanie dwóch różnych metafor dające efekt komiczny mixed metaphor

Hopefully that'll take some of the stress off your shoulders, which is a mixed metaphor but you know what I mean.
These are the mixed metaphors he uses to describe the man.
He was keen on mixed metaphors that got under your skin.
It was a mixed metaphor of sorts, but the point was clear.
"Americans We" suggests an exercise in mixed metaphors about style and substance.
That sounds vaguely like a mixed metaphor, but I catch your meaning.
Briefly, a part of him wondered if she noticed the mixed metaphor.
And, ladies, I'm going to have to mention the mixed metaphor in the title.
That was a mixed metaphor if I ever heard one.
Occasionally we get two for the price of one and a mixed metaphor in the bargain.

Grup znaczeniowych: 13

preposición + metaphor

Kolokacji: 7

of metaphor • with metaphors • in metaphors • for metaphor • to metaphors • ...

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