"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 • ...

Kolokacji: 1

Grup znaczeniowych: 2

(1) use, employ

Kolokacji: 3

1. use a metaphor = użyj metafory use a metaphor

2. use as a metaphor = wykorzystanie jako metafora use as a metaphor

The word may also be used as a metaphor for young people at the peak of their beauty or health.
Q. Why is baseball so often used as a metaphor for life?
It is used as a metaphor of physical and spiritual health.
The term is also used as a metaphor for a dilemma.
The word is also used as a metaphor for 'finding one's way'.
Rape is used as a metaphor for the suffering of her race.
The rising of the sun setting is used as a metaphor for human life.
It is often used as a metaphor for a problem which has no easy or obvious solution.
Football is often used as a metaphor for various aspects of American life.
The passing of the seasons is often used as a metaphor for life itself.

3. employ metaphors = metafory zatrudnienia employ metaphors

(2) mix, draw, switch

Kolokacji: 3

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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