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"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
1. common metaphor = pospolita metafora common metaphor
  • Inside baseball is also a common metaphor in American politics to describe background machinations.
  • "Being dressed with it" was a common metaphor of holding power.
  • Apart from the visual guidelines, the project aims to provide a set of common metaphors for the icons.
  • These were common metaphors for a great kingdom to be established by the Messiah.
  • It's just a common metaphor where I come from.
  • The common metaphor "reaching for the stars" developed from this idea.
  • As a starting point, consider the common metaphor of biological systems as 'circuits'.
  • Another common metaphor for upaya is that of "the empty fist."
  • Altitude may be a common metaphor for success, but not with opera singers.
2. literary metaphor = literacka metafora literary metaphor
(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
preposición + metaphor
Kolokacji: 7
of metaphor • with metaphors • in metaphors • for metaphor • to metaphors • ...

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