We should be very wary of the traditional engineering metaphor for building software.

'This vale of tears'is a metaphor for the human condition.

“ 眼泪的溪谷 ” 是尘世的比喻说法.

He thinks the home office concept is a metaphor for the home office worker.

他认为家庭办公室这一概念同时也把那些回家还工作的人形容出来了.

...the avoidance of 'violent expressions and metaphors' like 'kill two birds with one stone'.

避免使用“有暴力意味的表达和隐喻”，例如“一石二鸟”

the writer's striking use of metaphor

这位作家对于隐喻的独到运用

To mix yet more metaphors, you were trying to run before you could walk, and I've clipped your wings...

混用更多的隐喻来说，你还没学会走就想跑，而我又剪掉了你的翅膀。

She uses some wonderful images and metaphors in her writing.

她在作品中用了一些绝妙的比喻和暗喻。

...the writer's use of metaphor.

作者对隐喻的运用

Despite the mixed metaphor, there is some truth in this judgement.

尽管有混用的比喻，这个判断还是有些道理的。

Wong and tragic metaphor that is happily married couples harmony.

鸾凤和鸣即是比喻婚姻美满,夫妻和谐.

a very creative use of metaphor

隐喻的独到运用

I apologize for the sexual metaphor.

首先,请原谅我用性来做比喻.

The metaphor hitbody and informs the identical and different factor of body same important.

隐喻中本体与喻体相同与不同的因素同样重要.

The film speaks of longing and desire and is a richly metaphoric movement portrait.

影片呈现的是渴望与欲望的诉说,含有深层隐喻的运动画像.

Theory of Grammatical Metaphor provides a new approach to the modern metaphoric study.

语法隐喻理论为现代隐喻学研究提供了新的视角.

Where's the metaphorical money that matters most to you, and how can you get it?

对你来说最重要的财富在什么地方, 你该怎么获得它?

In most species, of course around long enough to light even a metaphorical post coital cigarette.

当然,在多数物种里, 两性交配后相依的时间还不足以点燃一支烟.

Interpersonal Grammatical Metaphor refers to the metaphorical phenomenon that occurs in the interpersonal communication event.

人际语法隐喻是在表达人际功能的过程中出现的语法隐喻现象.

She used a metaphorical expression in her speech.

她在她的演讲中使用了隐喻的表达方法.

The write indulged in metaphorical language.

这部作品沉溺于隐喻性的语言中.

When asked about these curves, they all described them as metaphorical ways of suggesting motion.

我问他们为什么用弧线, 他们都说它们是表示动感的比喻手法.