"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 • ...

colocaciones frecuentes

Kolokacji: 4

collocations grouped by meanings

Grup znaczeniowych: 13

(1) apt, appropriate, fitting, unfortunate

Kolokacji: 4

(2) visual, good, favorite, bad, better, ...

Kolokacji: 8

(3) perfect, military, political, biblical, accurate, ...

Kolokacji: 6

(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

(9) new, conceptual, spatial, different

Kolokacji: 4

(10) obvious, dominant

Kolokacji: 2

(11) vivid, colorful, resonant, brilliant

Kolokacji: 4

(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

It became a wonderful metaphor.
The spare orchestral sound, progressively seduced by splashes of color, creates wonderful metaphors for German discipline under siege.
And of course it's a wonderful big metaphor, alienation.
And yet the rock is, as far as I'm concerned, a wonderful metaphor for what we Americans do to our history.
Is this not a wonderful metaphor of our living this life?
He's a wonderful metaphor for all these incredible scandals that are going on in the business world right now.
"Besides, Wordsmith makes a wonderful metaphor."
Juggling is a really wonderful metaphor for that.
"What a wonderful metaphor!"
"The space is a wonderful metaphor for the Conservatory's past and the future promise embodied by our students," said Colin Murdoch, Conservatory president.

3. poignant metaphor = przejmująca metafora poignant metaphor

preposición + metaphor

Kolokacji: 7

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

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