"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 • ...

Grup znaczeniowych: 3

(1) describe, refer

Kolokacji: 2

1. metaphor describes = metafora opisuje metaphor describes

The metaphor of red and blue oceans describes the market universe.
This beautiful metaphor describes a very simple and practical idea: By working together, people can accomplish far more than they could alone.
Its descriptions often use natural metaphors to describe how their movement should be.
A metaphor, which has become a cliche in narcotics-control circles, describes the problem.
In this regard the metaphor of a crossroads describes a culture and place where people can meet.
The courts have introduced the metaphor of "tying" to describe this practice.
Fripp has used the metaphor of "white magic" to describe this process, in particular when the method works particularly well.
Hardin's metaphor describes a lifeboat bearing 50 people, with room for ten more.
But also in the poem "Havisham" she uses metaphors to describe her thoughts and feelings.
A metaphor to describe something disastrous (often used in the context of extremely bad movies)

2. metaphor referring = odnoszenie się metafory metaphor referring

(2) suggest, imply

Kolokacji: 2

(3) abound, come

Kolokacji: 2

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 • ...

preposición + metaphor

Kolokacji: 7

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

Click on the heading to expand the collocation groups, collocations and sample sentences.