"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 • ...
preposición + metaphor
Kolokacji: 7
of metaphor • with metaphors • in metaphors • for metaphor • to metaphors • ...
  • But then, physics has always had to resort to metaphor.
  • This is often seen with regard to metaphors like shepherd for example.
  • More than cool reason: a field guide to poetic metaphor.
  • In this strangely focused public discussion, some turned to private metaphor.
  • I wasn't sure that at age nine she was up to metaphors quite so grandiose.
  • To think of the night sky as a black lake is to understand the choreographer's approach to metaphor.
  • In writing about economics for the public, both resort to metaphors or tales to make their point.
  • This being a nature walk, however, Paulson stuck to natural metaphors.
  • The band doesn't always restrict political commentary exclusively to metaphor.
  • However, these issues were not relegated only to metaphor.

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