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metaphors

noun as in figure of speech, implied comparison

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That is to say: you can explain in incredible detail what it’s like for you, you can use metaphors to help me imagine my way into your experience, but the experience itself remains ultimately subjective.

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It turns out both dads are going through some stuff and are willing to talk about it through metaphors about their sports team or cars.

But because “Heretic” is a genre movie, there are overwrought visual metaphors, implausible twists and an unfortunate reliance on coincidence.

Bidding now for a second upset, Allred’s Senate campaign is mercifully short on football metaphors.

After writer-director Parker Finn skewered the horror-movie trauma trend in “Smile,” he’s moved on to bigger and better metaphors in his sequel.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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