| perfect metaphor | 2.04 | The pantomime was a perfect metaphor. | ||
| apt metaphor | 1.32 | An apt metaphor for Come. | ||
| visual metaphor | 0.59 | In contrast, the visual metaphor comes on too strong. | ||
| appropriate metaphor | 0.53 | The Florida Marlins would be the appropriate metaphor. | ||
| better metaphor | 0.53 | What better metaphor for the world of espionage? | ||
| poetic metaphor | 0.53 | For Kane a poetic metaphor became a literal truth. | ||
| bad metaphor | 0.46 | Wait, bad metaphor. | ||
| fitting metaphor | 0.46 | It was a fitting metaphor. | ||
| good metaphor | 0.46 | You also need a good metaphor. | ||
| new metaphor | 0.39 | New metaphors are needed. | ||
| vivid metaphor | 0.39 | Vivid metaphor. | ||
| military metaphor | 0.33 | Ironies abound in military metaphors. | ||
| same metaphor | 0.33 | She uses the same metaphor everyone does in tornado country. | ||
| central metaphor | 0.26 | Dance becomes the central metaphor for salvation. | ||
| favorite metaphor | 0.26 | Which is why his favorite metaphor is a kid with a clock. | ||
| living metaphor | 0.26 | The Bobbitts and the Menendezes are living metaphors. | ||
| useful metaphor | 0.26 | It is sort of hard to see it as a useful metaphor for golf. | ||
| visible metaphor | 0.26 | The potential for divergent interpretations of visible metaphors, requiring relatively little resolving effort, is fairly minimal. |