"usage" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Scholars date this metaphorical usage of madhu to a time very close to the initial composition of the Vedas.
- Due to its long history and its widespread usage, chi (along with cun) has also seen metaphorical usages in the Chinese language.
- Some examples of metaphorical usage include:
- Cannon fodder (metaphorical usage)
- In other words "blood" means death - the termination of life - just as it does in ordinary metaphorical usage (see, for instance, Genesis 9:5, 37:26; etc.).
- This metaphorical usage of the word is much more common than the application of its literal meaning.
- It lacks any understanding of metaphorical usage, euphemism, or idiom.
- 'foil' is a metaphorical usage, but has long since become a dead metaphor.
- This list is categorized superficially, rather than by the actual meanings of the expressions, to stress the metaphorical usage.
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