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- noun Common misspelling of
metaphor .
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Examples
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Display) A poeticall metaphore: whereof the meaning is, that if the Poet list showe his
Shepheardes Calendar 1579
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I miei bookmark del 26/6 Jason W: Actually the plot of Rear Window has nothing to do with the business but the all movie is kind of a metaphore for cinema … Stewart is a spectator watching at the screen symbolized by the facade of the building.
The top 250 best movies of all time Map | Vodkaster - Le Blog de la cinéphilie 2.0 2009
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Dave you have outdone yourself with alliteration and metaphore!
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ShelbyC: He used the metaphore “advancing the ball.”
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Dave you have outdone yourself with alliteration and metaphore!
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ShelbyC: He used the metaphore “advancing the ball.”
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Is Barbie merely a metaphore for some kind of Darwinian Penis Envy, existential crisis -- in soon to be stiletto heals?
Mad Men Characters Take Barbie To New Heights Of Ecstasy | Manolith 2010
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Also, the whole thesis behind the movie looks really stupid: Wow, babysitting is metaphore for prostitution!?
Worth Watching - April 17: The Babysitters Red Band Trailer « FirstShowing.net 2008
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I could understand that it was a metaphore, but George is so obviously hiding his sexuality at his work and from his neighbours Ginnifer Goodwyn.
Review: A Single Man Glenn Dunks 2010
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This is clearly a case of "metaphoric thinking" that failed because real data and principles are drawn together under a "plausable" metaphore, that does not really reconcile the data with it's discriptive frame. by
DOS, Left Brain Minds Playing with Fire Metaphors in Windows Times 2009
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