Figuratively speaking, the same applies to the European Union.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Many more women than men worked part time.

It consists of 11 teams from Northern England, 1 from London, 1 from Wales and 1 from France.

89.2 of inhabitants of Turkish origin have been naturalized, as have 88.4 of people of Moroccan background, 75.4 of Italians, 56.2 of the French and 47.8 of Dutch people.

89.2 of inhabitants of Turkish origin have been naturalized, as have 88.4 of people of Moroccan background, 75.4 of Italians, 56.2 of the French and 47.8 of Dutch people.

Nine of his victims were children, and eleven of the dead were from the same family.

Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, with me from Lebanon. Look from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.

Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.

The racial makeup of the township was 97.45 White, 0.12 African American, 0.12 Native American, 0.24 Asian, 1.22 from other races, and 0.85 from two or more races.

Less than 2 of the Djiboutians are Christians, but many of the Ethiopians in Djibouti are Christians.

It is one of 200 types of dwarfism and one of five types of primordial dwarfism and is one of the few forms that is considered treatable in some cases.

It reduces attribute space from a larger number of variables to a smaller number of factors.

Out of whose womb came the ice? The gray frost of the sky, who has given birth to it?

Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

Others like Humans of Quito, Humans of Lima, Humans of Peru, and Humans of Asunción have been created less than a month ago.

circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews concerning the law, a Pharisee

Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews as touching the law, a Pharisee

More than 80 of the population is ethnic Belarusian, with sizable minorities of Russians, Poles and Ukrainians.

It was due to be held in Libya from 18 March to 1 April.

Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Yahweh should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?'

Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?

(i) Two from those elected from African States, two from those elected from Eastern European States and two from those elected from Western European and other States

Infrastructure , 46.1 percent of energy in Japan was produced from petroleum, 21.3 percent from coal, 21.4 percent from natural gas, 4.0 percent from nuclear power, and 3.3 percent from hydropower.

In Iraq, about 60 are Shia, 20 are Sunni Arabs, and 20 are Kurds, who are mostly Sunni.

It is unimportant that many European Muslims are just as disenchanted and secular as their non Muslim fellow citizens.

More than half of the North Sea oil reserves have been extracted, according to official sources in both Norway and the UK.

to one hundred talents of silver, and to one hundred measures of wheat, and to one hundred baths of wine, and to one hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.

Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.

The current committee consists of 15 members, 9 women and 6 men, from a wide range of political parties.

Well done is better than well said.

These are only a handful of examples.

Police barred a group of activists from marching near the Pope's motorcade.