The usual metaphor of a Quaker meeting came to mind while minutes passed.

The point is, Williams understood that all good metaphors come from the earth - from the garden or farm.

The metaphor comes in particularly handy when conversations turn to matters of delicacy.

The metaphor comes from the book of Genesis in the Bible.

Do all metaphors coming out of the UK have to be about war?

The metaphor comes from the scales, an important symbol for decision-making in Greek literature.

He harangued them for an extended period, and then a happy metaphor came to him.

Clearly your metaphors also come from Spain: the bull and its horns.

A useful metaphor for production in an economy comes from the kitchen.

A less flattering metaphor, one having to do with tame dogs, came to mind.