Mr. Kaplan, on the other hand, comes at zero from the inside, always probing, speculating, spinning elaborate metaphors.

He performs in slums and wraps controversial issues in elaborate metaphors.

He has also produced elaborate metaphors for creativity: the brain represented by coils of music staves, for example.

Philo interpreted the stories of the Pentateuch (first five books) as elaborate metaphors and symbols.

And then he indulged in an elaborate metaphor to summarize the cyclical nature of things.

Though Thomas does use elaborate metaphors and smooth language in his writings, some thought that his underlying meaning did not hold up.

The relationship "footage" is played straight, while the voice-over (with its most often wildly inaccurate theories) and elaborate visual metaphors add comedy.

The video is an elaborate metaphor for the single's message of sexual fantasy, desire and voyeurism.

I said, thinking for a second that this was some elaborate metaphor.

Some people take the lyrics at face value, while others see the story as an elaborate metaphor.