Metaphoric

Cleanliness is not next to godliness; in metaphoric terms at least, it is godliness. ❋ Hal Duncan (2006)

And the fourth is usually described as a metaphoric reference to the setting of the sun, the end of one's day on earth. ❋ Unknown (1984)

Now right here’s where this post gets weird: This kind of experience – where the universe speaks in metaphoric language – is no longer unusual. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Its trenchant sci-fi/fantasy parables explore humanity’s hopes, despairs, prides and prejudices in metaphoric ways conventional drama cannot. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Henry Kissinger, in his 1979 memoirs, The White House Years, was among the first to give the word a metaphoric stretch: “I favored European unity, but I was agnostic about the form it should take.” ❋ William Safire (2004)

It took on a kind of metaphoric significance that was wholly unintentional. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In New York, Afrocentric radicals have determined that truth can be "metaphoric" rather than actual-if a black child is killed in a traffic accident involving a white driver, it can be called "murder" because black children have always been brutalized by whites. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Is this a kind of metaphoric death you've created for him? ❋ Walter, Jess (2006)

This kind of metaphoric thinking can do some bad stuff. ❋ Unknown (2005)

His latest "On Language" column is called "Go To!" and is mostly an unobjectionable discussion of the spread of two terms that originated in sports jargon: go-to (as in "go-to guy") and walk-off (as in "walk-off home run"); he wonders if the latter will undergo the same kind of metaphoric extension as the former. ❋ Unknown (2005)

"Literary translation always rides that uneven knife edge between literal and figurative, or metaphoric, meaning," reflects Miskowiec. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Note to all of the people out there who only think they understand grammar: A comparison using "like" or "as" (definition #2) is a [SIMILE]. A sentence used to express the relationship of words (definition #3) is an ANALOGY. "America is a melting pot" is a metaphor. "[Life is like a box of chocolates]" is a [simile]. "Pink is to red as gray is to black" is an analogy. ❋ Aquarian129 (2007)

[Dalia] wrote a [poem] about her and her boyfriend, but she didn't want her [English teacher] to know what it was about. She metaphorized it into a poem about two hummingbirds. ❋ Tricia McMillan (2008)

The guy in [the cowboy] [hat] said, "Life is a metaphor for itself," but he's [bi-polar] and thinks he's Jesus, so don't pay no attention to him. ❋ C.G. Newton (2005)

"So, the Earth is flat, according to the bible, Tony?" "No!" "but, “When the earth [totters], with all its inhabitants, it is I who keep its [pillars] steady.” — [Psalm] 75:3" "thats a metaphor, dude" ❋ Not Tony, The Other Guy (2012)

Jack : "[My brother] is [the black sheep] of my family." Daniel, new at English : [what kind] of metaphor is this? ❋ Sossololpipi (2020)

Here're some examples of using Metaphor: The sun is a [gold coin] dropping down a drain in heaven. Blue is the tears that [drop down] from my cheek. White is the hope that you need in the [darkest day] of your life. The sun is a gold coin dropping down a drain in heaven. White is the hope that you need in the darkest day in your life. ❋ Candy Master (2015)

She was [bigger] than [a cow]!![Fattie] Now thats a metaphore ❋ Kristine T Yler (2007)

"I want to go to the [drive-in] [theater]." "Is that a [metaphor]?" ❋ Taylor J. A. (2008)

You [slept like a baby] [last night], [metaphorically] ❋ SoullessHeartz (2022)

Arm is [to leg] as hot is to cold have sex : lose [virginity] :: jumping [off a cliff] : death ❋ Xavier Breath (2005)