"Metaphor is not for the true poet a figure of speech, but a substituted image that he actually places before his eyes in place of an idea." "Metaphor is originally a figure of speech, and designates ...

The Blue Spruce Gallery is hosting its’ annual Fall theme show during August and September. The artist chosen theme this year is “Metaphors, Idioms, and Figures of Speech”. “A bird in the hand....”, ...

A region of the brain known as the angular gyrus is partly responsible for the human ability to understand metaphor, according to research led by V. S. Ramachandran, director of the Center for Brain ...

Abstract Metaphoric language has grown in popularity over the last years. Once simple figure of speech, metaphors were transformed into a respectable approach for organizational analysis. The brain ...

A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase refers to something for which it is not literally applicable—like describing someone as having a “sunny” disposition or being a “wet blanket.

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When my client said, "I'm at the end of my rope," he was metaphorically talking about his frustrations. In simple English, when you portray a person, place, thing, or an action as being something else ...

The thread that connects the two worlds of law and technology often shows up in the form of simple figures of speech—metaphors—that help lawyers understand and convey the technology they are tasked ...