"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
1. extended metaphor = poszerzona metafora extended metaphor
2. poetic metaphor = poetycka metafora poetic metaphor
  • The term noosphere, which up until now has been just a beautiful figure of speech, a poetic metaphor, will turn into a physical reality.
  • He then goes on to discuss various poetic metaphors known as kennings.
  • The chief criticisms are that he is deaf to poetic metaphor and unable to scan correctly.
  • On several accounts he offered a poetic metaphor for this process, comparing it with collecting shells while walking along a beach.
  • Here Ashton's genius soars to the heights of poetic metaphor.
  • More than cool reason: a field guide to poetic metaphor.
  • "September Song" is based on a familiar poetic metaphor that compares a year to a person's life span from birth to death.
  • I guess I understood how this might be sort of a poetic metaphor for this case and all that.
  • They do not exhibit the semantic indeterminacy characteristic of poetic metaphors.
  • He occasionally comes up with poetic metaphors for the current situation, again, just as Estragon does.
3. musical metaphor = muzyczna metafora musical metaphor
(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
preposición + metaphor
Kolokacji: 7
of metaphor • with metaphors • in metaphors • for metaphor • to metaphors • ...

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