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metaphorical

[ met-uh-fawr-i-kuhl, -for- ]

adjective

  1. involving, invoking, or intended to be taken as a metaphor, something used symbolically to represent something else, suggesting a comparison or resemblance:

    Our foreign policy blunder has given the insurgents a metaphorical green light to engage in violent tactics in pursuit of their imperial ambitions.



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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of metaphorical1

First recorded in 1560鈥70; metaphor ( def ) + -ical ( def )
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The Democrats need to engage in some real introspection, look in the metaphorical mirror and then ask themselves the hard question, "Why don't they love me anymore?"

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It鈥檚 only in the final few minutes of the course, once the room comfortably twirls to embrace metaphorical sunshine and assertively sashays to leave the negativity behind, that the song is triumphantly revealed.

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In all, Americans are becoming less and less happy and that is being driven by young people falling off of the proverbial and metaphorical cliff in terms of satisfaction and happiness with their lives.

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That gap has grown to 16 since then and there remains the metaphorical length of the River Clyde between the two teams right now.

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The comedy scenes have an energy that鈥檚 missing in the more serious sequences, say the clumsily metaphorical shots of George fishing.

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