"metaphor" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- To this end he used a metaphor drawn from mathematics, the variable, to create "devices by which we can characterize the objects of empirical social investigation".
- It is a metaphor drawn from the so-called arms race between the West and the Soviet Union, after the second world war.
- Other countries also use metaphors drawn from their local game in discussing politics.
- He apparently has gone separate from the Gang, but carries a cigarette pack with playing card markings and speaks in metaphors drawn from card games.
- It is of special interest because of its use of a metaphor drawn from acting, a figure that has led to much attention for what the poem might reveal about Shakespeare's attitude towards his profession.
- Emotive and sensual, she draws her inspiration from metaphors and symbols drawn from Hindu myths/rituals blending them with pop culture surrounding her.
- It is: Do the metaphors drawn by the movie give the viewer the feeling that this is the way things really felt to the participants of the moment?
- Today computer researchers debate what distinguishes worms from viruses, both metaphors drawn from science fiction.
- According to Dirk Bax, Bosch's paintings often represent visual translations of verbal metaphors and puns drawn from both biblical and folkloric sources.
- As an orator he used of poetry, vivid metaphors and illustrations drawn from a wide range of contemporary literature.
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