metaphorically

One of the best ways to escape the constraints of your own logical mind is to think metaphorically.

In many languages, food is often used metaphorically or figuratively, as in "food for thought" .

The psyche is often depicted metaphorically as an image, and this image can be further represented as whole or split.

Finally, while a dangling lure is optional, being hungry, Dr. Wilson says, at least metaphorically, "probably helps quite a bit. "

It was as if he had to labour, and metaphorically sweat, before his genius could, or was allowed to, emerge.

This idiom is used metaphorically to mean to be in a helpless and critical situation, surrounded by the enemy on all sides.

I knew I wasn't alone. We were all in bed together, metaphorically speaking, my breast, my chest, Ramona's gift and me.

Avoid chugging it (metaphorically) in one fell swoop; instead, appreciate every moment that leads up to your first clitoral kiss.

The essence of metaphor is thought, and language is the surface realization of thinking metaphorically .

Some others participating referred to themselves metaphorically as Martin Luther King Jr. 's children.

This time they came into our house -- literally Obama's home, and metaphorically the seat of American power.

Major-league teams play in ballparks ; minor league teams play, metaphorically, "out in the bushes" away from big cities.

One element appears in Wang Fenghua's work is a refraction of how the architectural buildings and squares meant in his heart metaphorically.

This idiom was later used metaphorically to describe talking in a vivid and eloquent way. (mostly in an exaggerated and impractical manner).

armed with death, went about on her pale horse, metaphorically speaking, with 'hell following after.

Structural metaphors imply how one concept is metaphorically structuring one concept in terms of another.

Whether you take it literally or metaphorically, this tale was considered important enough to become holy writ.

He's speaking metaphorically about how economic forces of the past, forgotten though they might be, continue to haunt the present.

It's good to keep on your toes. Metaphorically, that is. Not when you're actually out for a stroll.

This idiom was later used metaphorically to describe talking in a vivid and eloquent way. (mostly in an exaggerated and impartical manner).

He said, "In America, you can metaphorically and literally sell your soul and be rewarded for it. "

Literally and metaphorically, there's nothing like a massive shit sandwich to keep your immune system keen.

In last 30 years, I heard of only one parent acted like what the article says if I take it literally, not metaphorically.

bars, close boxes, screen-splitters, hyperlinks, and drop-downs are things we learn idiomatically rather than intuit metaphorically.

Metaphorically, I was thinking of a bird that flies back into the forest, searching for its childhood nest.

To judge by the diversity of their slogans, placards and websites, you pays your money (metaphorically) and you takes your choice.

Our everyday conversation is chock full of expressions that metaphorically reflect our physical experiences.

Because they did not ask this question, because they asked, metaphorically speaking.

'Wall Street is a crime syndicate , and I am not speaking metaphorically, ' Collum said.

The cloud of language, " I expressed myself metaphorically, " constitutes writing.

Sadly, it's metaphorically true. And the metaphorical truth interferes with our ability to identify it as literally false.

Using our previous distribution example metaphorically, all our software departments need to get rid of their "trucks. "

Or, less metaphorically, split creating and connecting into two different modalities of action.

We are strengthening our, metaphorically speaking, psychological engine.

The other side is planted like that by the men, metaphorically, you turn it on the side, and you have a piece of cloth.

provide with a patch; also used metaphorically.

Therefore, absorbing foreign culture is metaphorically a process of taking a bite, chewing, and digesting.

exchange thoughts; talk with; We often talk business; also used metaphorically.

So . . . will it be (metaphorically) like a master switch? . . . Or a switch for each individual as and when they are ready?

I say a blackhead, metaphorically or not.

As for occasional acts of nature like volcanic eruptions, most of them are, literally and metaphorically, noise.

Of course that's awkward, so the figure of speech gives it power by stating it metaphorically.

shed tears; spill blood; also metaphorically, as in God shed His grace on Thee.

She has been appraised and audited and metaphorically slapped with a price tag.

Jesus ignores their lobotomous density and tells them (to continue the bread imagery) that He is, metaphorically , the "bread of life" .

Yet the danger is that it may become (metaphorically, not literally) self-fulfilling.

make dirty or spotty; also used metaphorically.

I think perhaps the phrase was used metaphorically. . . I don't think our Lord meant.

Now it is also used metaphorically to refer to feeling incapable of doing something.

This is fair: Metaphorically speaking, these are the guys who served alcohol to the banks just before they took off down the highway.

Metaphorically speaking we're all wheels in a big machine.

I am, not metaphorically, living on borrowed time.

This idiom is used metaphorically to indicate the flawless handling of things.

We understand the future belongs to those who can metaphorically surf.

On the other hand, the dummy icon, as a new sign, has metaphorically replaced traditional, orthodox religious beliefs and values.

Or I am speaking metaphorically-that might also help.

I was young and so my publisher sent a PR lady to hold my hand (metaphorically).

What is terrifying is the risk of humiliation, of metaphorically falling flat on one's face.

Metaphorically a lot of people held my hand.

Metaphorically, that is.

Metaphorically, have you ever spent 30 years in a cabin?