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Genius illustrator Christoph Niemann's venerable Periodic Table of Metaphors is always worth another look.
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A Thinking in Metaphors blog post details the teacher’s violations.
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The exercise is not academic: Metaphors only live as such for so long before some nutball decides they are reality literally described.
Scott Perlo: Religion, Metaphor And Getting The 'Nazi' Out Of Our Rhetoric Scott Perlo 2011
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Morbid Metaphors dead doubles The operation's code name, Ghost Stories, stems from a number of the spies using a technique known among counter-intelligence investigators as "dead doubles"—taking the identities of people who have died.
Week in Words Erin McKean 2011
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Metaphors ought not be metamorphosed into literal claims, while the test for moral edicts is reflective introspection and not the weight of the evidence that defines the scientific domain.
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Metaphors are a great tool – but keep the related to everyday life – or you will lose your readers on an esoteric trip.
The Basic “How to Write a Short Story” Post « Write Anything 2009
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See the article here: Matthew Yglesias » Football Metaphors and Approval Ratings [...] rbe1 Says:
Matthew Yglesias » Football Metaphors and Approval Ratings 2010
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The exercise is not academic: Metaphors only live as such for so long before some nutball decides they are reality literally described.
Scott Perlo: Religion, Metaphor And Getting The 'Nazi' Out Of Our Rhetoric Scott Perlo 2011
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Metaphors permeate our emotional lives so deeply that "permeate" might be the wrong word; from one perspective, they're what those lives consist of, and bad ones land us in trouble.
This column will change your life: Sealing off worries Oliver Burkeman 2010
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The exercise is not academic: Metaphors only live as such for so long before some nutball decides they are reality literally described.
Scott Perlo: Religion, Metaphor And Getting The 'Nazi' Out Of Our Rhetoric Scott Perlo 2011
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