They find that four distinct but related processes metaphorically structure basic arithmetic: object collection, object construction, using a measuring stick, and moving along a path.
en.wikipedia.org Something that was span-new was a freshly cut chip or, metaphorically, anything as new as a freshly cut chip.
en.wikipedia.org Put metaphorically, the material may be incendiary but nearly everyone is fireproof.
en.wikipedia.org In modern usage, legal or administrative bodies with strict, arbitrary rulings and secretive proceedings are sometimes called, metaphorically or poetically, "star chambers".
en.wikipedia.org Sometimes, metaphor and metonymy may both be at work in the same figure of speech, or one could interpret a phrase metaphorically or metonymically.
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