engelska-eesti översättning av metaphor

metafoorOmeti kord on kasutatud metafoor täiesti sobiv. For once, the metaphor is entirely apposite. Ning metafoore segades, ütlen, et tulistagem seda valget elevanti ülevalt taevast. And if I may mix my metaphors, let us shoot this white elephant from the sky. Ma jätkan Itaalia kolleegi metafoori nii: supp on kahtlemata hea, kuid ärgem pangem sinna tsüaniidi. To continue the metaphor started by my Italian colleague: we are, of course, in favour of the soup, but against putting cyanide in it.

The use of a word or phrase to refer to something that it is not, invoking a direct similarity between the word or phrase used and the thing described ; the word or phrase used in this way; an implied comparison
The use of an everyday object or concept to represent an underlying facet of the computer and thus aid users in performing tasks
To use a metaphor

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