Word: metaphoric
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...changed?" He does this without warning or acknowledgement. (If you miss one riff, don't worry, there will be another one along in moments.) And however leisurely Jakes' presentation may seem, each sermon eventually reveals itself as perfectly calibrated and balanced, cohering into an often exquisite extended metaphor...
First, whether or not college students would like to accept it, laundry is a metaphor for responsibility. The act of cleaning your own clothes shows that you are capable of taking care of yourself. Doing laundry is just like bathing. As a baby, it is impossible to bathe yourself, but as you get older, staying clean becomes your own responsibility. Most sleep-away summer camps provide a laundry service, because even as junior high school students, many of us are not responsible enough to keep our wardrobes clean...
...painted in purple and white on canvas. Doron is the first to the center, where he is joined by his wife and kids. They sit together for several long minutes in meditation, then get up and walk the pathway out. "It's really relaxing, and I also love the metaphor--it's like a walk of life," says Hilary. "We're going to be near and far from each other but always together...
...Somehow, it seems futile to say. "Maybe it?s just the lack of a recovery that?s wearing everybody out," investment strategist Frank Gertz says quotably in this weeks? TIME, and TSTW couldn?t agree more - especially when it comes to himself. Here?s another take, albeit an unintentionally metaphorical one, on the drab and seemingly endless status quo, courtesy of the NYT?s Buster Olney in Monday?s New York Times sports section (metaphor-wrecking phrases excised...
...With the strategy of a top manager Sturm artfully mixes Jewish mythology with the mythology of baseball as a way of exploring the myth of America. It's a big subject, and not an easy one. You can tell when the baseball-as-America metaphor gets used as an easy trope by a literal player-hater. But "The Golem's Mighty Swing," has the beauty, universality, thoughtfulness, and sweep of baseball at its best...