"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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 13
(4) mixed, sexual, biological
Kolokacji: 3
(5) central, cultural, famous
Kolokacji: 3
(6) extended, poetic, musical
Kolokacji: 3
(7) powerful, useful, potent
Kolokacji: 3
(8) common, literary
Kolokacji: 2
(10) obvious, dominant
Kolokacji: 2
(12) elaborate, mere, theatrical
Kolokacji: 3
(13) striking, wonderful, poignant
Kolokacji: 3
1. striking metaphor = metafora bicia striking metaphor
2. wonderful metaphor = cudowna metafora wonderful metaphor
3. poignant metaphor = przejmująca metafora poignant metaphor
  • But for all its Popness, Mr. Nelson sees the composition as "a poignant metaphor for modern man's relation to the universe."
  • The image of the ashen-faced puppet children, eternally frozen in their guilt and resentment, becomes a poignant metaphor for the inescapable nightmare of unhappy memories.
  • A poignant metaphor, yes, but months later she hasn't lost a pound.
  • "It is a poignant metaphor for what he created."
  • Hale's suicide became a poignant metaphor for the oppressive nature of the social values of New York and North America in general.
  • The subject caught the attention of LDS intellectuals and leaders, becoming a poignant metaphor in cultural discourse.
  • This pointed rejection of Western Europe might even be seen as a poignant metaphor for contemporary Europe as a whole.
  • "Finding" may be seen as a poignant metaphor for his career and artistry.
  • The houses become poignant metaphors of the Romantic self, withdrawn from the comforts of society, nakedly exposed to nature and the cosmos.
  • 'Lucia' is a particularly poignant metaphor.
preposición + metaphor
Kolokacji: 7
of metaphor • with metaphors • in metaphors • for metaphor • to metaphors • ...

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