But in terms of the share of audience controlled by network television, erosion is still an accurate metaphor.

Though picturesque, it was not one of his more accurate metaphors.

It was an accurate metaphor for their marriage, he thought to himself.

When you think about it, that's a more accurate metaphor than our present one.

What a frighteningly accurate metaphor - I think Osborne gets a sadisric thrill out of it too.

Their complete failure to encounter each other seems like an eerie and accurate metaphor for the present state of affairs in race relations at this time.

Or can we accept it as an accurate metaphor for his treatment at her hands?

But, when heard loud, the more accurate metaphors come from nature: flashes of lightning at the top end, earthquakes and landslides at the bottom.

A more accurate metaphor would evoke psychological disorder.

It might even be a reasonably accurate metaphor if we lived in a world where the biggest spender always wins.