| Whether he was hoping for a literal metaphor that expressed very clearly how he had lost his shirt, I cannot say. |
| A group of fruit trees in this work becomes a hideous metaphor for a world out of joint. |
| That's got to be as poor a metaphor as I've ever seen, and if it's one of the book's quotable high points, the volume is in trouble. |
| Of course poetry is also, even largely, driven by metaphor and image, in a host of ways. |
| Such a metaphor as the menu gives couples a vehicle for exploring their wants and desires. |
| As the metaphor implies, newer is not necessarily better, and the grandfather clock is still keeping good time. |
