"metaphor" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

metaphor sustantivo

sustantivo + metaphor

Kolokacji: 7

sports metaphor • desktop metaphor • baseball metaphor • animal metaphor • war metaphor • ...

Grup znaczeniowych: 2

(1) sport, desktop, animal

Kolokacji: 3

(2) baseball, war, football, boxing

Kolokacji: 4

1. baseball metaphor = metafora baseballu baseball metaphor

And I'll never again use a manly baseball metaphor.
I should have known where the baseball metaphor was headed: the player running to second eventually slides under her skirt.
No baseball metaphors, for example, as those can be confusing for foreigners.
It might be difficut to duplicate the effect with a baseball metaphor.
"To use a baseball metaphor, it's like walking the winning run," he said recently.
How appropriate that Judge Roberts, in his opening statement, used a baseball metaphor.
"But he has a weak arm," said the captain, still in a mood for baseball metaphors.
Aware that the World Series is approaching, he reached for a baseball metaphor.
He regularly inserted baseball metaphors and baseball stories into his presidential campaign.

2. war metaphor = metafora wojenna war metaphor

3. football metaphor = metafora piłkarska football metaphor

4. boxing metaphor = metafora bokserska boxing 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 • ...

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