The war metaphor has been dropped by the White House, and by some in Congress as well.

The war metaphor suggests opposing sides, both attempting to settle a dispute through violence.

It's back to contact sports - even basketball breaks ribs these days - back to games with war metaphors and exact measurements.

The careless war metaphor also leads to depressing questions.

The war metaphor has changed the nature of media coverage.

So its leaders have begun to play down the war metaphors.

The war metaphors that run through the production have obvious resonance right now.

(As for the war metaphor itself, that began to appear not long after the first world war stopped.)

If there was anything she disliked more than sports analogies, it was war metaphors.

Other songs use war metaphors that call Christians to be strong and fight for their beliefs.