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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
metaphor/ˈmetəfə(r)/
▶noun a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable.
■ a thing regarded as symbolic of something else.
– derivatives
metaphoric adjective,
metaphorical adjective,
metaphorically adverb.
metaphoric adjective,
metaphorical adjective,
metaphorically adverb.
– origin C15: from Fr. métaphore, via L. from Gk metaphora, from metapherein ‘to transfer’.
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apple box as a metaphor for bribe?
as if I had been invited by the king (simile or metaphor)
banking metaphor
Clichés X Metaphor
cottage industry as a metaphor
cruise control - metaphor
Discarded gentlemens' trousers ... Is it a metaphor?
epithet or metaphor
I'm freezing - metaphor or hyperbole or both?
if I may make free with the metaphor
Is this sentence a metaphor?
Linguistic metaphor
Literary metaphor
Metaphor
Metaphor
metaphor
metaphor - marathon event
Metaphor / Extended Metaphor
metaphor / metonym [opposites to these?]
metaphor about 'banquet table'
Metaphor of Spring in a formal speech
metaphor--framework and policy
metaphor: ample pockets
Metaphor:from Brady to Britney
phenomena by extension or metaphor ?
simile, metaphor, imagery
surge used as a metaphor
the metaphor's formally not factually violent
to nail the metaphor
more...
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