Figuratively speaking, the same applies to the European Union.

Thus, people saw the Greek crisis not just as a metaphor, but also as a morality tale.

The metaphor is so clear. You bring the crosses from your community, in this wonderful fusion of Christian and pre Columbian ideas.

The metaphor of war was understandable in the aftermath of the 2001 attacks, but creates as many problems as it solves.

With Romney, though, there would be no distance at all metaphorically speaking, he is the financial sector.

It's also a great example of how whenever we deal with anything abstract ideas, emotions, feelings, concepts, thoughts we inevitably resort to metaphor.

Some have taken the risk of resorting to metaphors and allegory, while others poke fun at the whole thing by writing editorials on ballet or bee keeping.

The nature of the metaphor itself is challenged, with White and Le Cornu (2011) drawing attention to the difficulties that a language based analogy introduces, especially when then linked to age and place.

A path between the extremes of jihad and blind obedience to the Middle East s authoritarian rulers must be found before Al Qaeda s message begins to lose some of its luster.

For example, this construction, the dative, is used not only to transfer things, but also for the metaphorical transfer of ideas, as when we say, She told a story to me or told me a story, Max taught Spanish to the students or taught the students Spanish.

The political song transforms this timeless eternity into an active present and an opportunity for future progress.

It's a primitive form of abstraction, and we now know this happens in the fusiform gyrus of the brain, because when that's damaged, these people lose the ability to engage in Buba Kiki, but they also lose the ability to engage in metaphor.

Athletic imagery used to brilliant effect in Leni Riefenstahl s acclaimed documentary appeared to create a link between the Nazis and the ancient Greeks, and to confirm the Nazi myth that Germans and German civilization were the true heirs to the Aryan culture of classical antiquity.

It united a people who are spread between that archipelago and many other parts of the world, not the least of which is the United States, where most Puerto Ricans emigrate to. When Puig said that she believed she united a nation, it wasn't a mere figure of speech. It was the truth.