metaphor
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The unpleasant market metaphor refers to the idea that even a lifeless feline when dropped from a height may initially ricochet off the ground.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
It felt like a metaphor to Johnson, the local bike-shop owner.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
Instead, it’s inspired by the famous fig tree metaphor from Sylvia Plath’s “The Bell Jar,” where each plump and juicy fig, dangling deliciously on the branches, represents a different life path for the protagonist.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026
Mundillo, the Puerto Rican craft of weaving intricately patterned lace, becomes for her a metaphor for networks of interconnectivity, be it, she writes in her program note, climate justice or social dreaming.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
Cribbing a metaphor from Francis Aston of the Cavendish, Laurence reported that the energy unleashed from a glass of water could power the ocean liner Mauretania “across the Atlantic and back again.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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