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If one thing is a m_______ for another, it is intended or regarded as a symbol of it.If one thing is a metaphor for another, it is intended or regarded as a symbol of it.The divided family remains a powerful metaphor for a society tearing itself apart. nounA metaphor is an imaginative way of describing something by referring to something else which is the same in a particular way. For example, if you want to say that someone is very shy and frightened of things, you might say that they are a mouse ....the avoidance of 'violent expressions and metaphors' like 'kill two birds with one stone'....the writer's use of metaphor.If one thing is a metaphor for another, it is intended or regarded as a symbol of it.The divided family remains a powerful metaphor for a society tearing itself apart. B2

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metaphor metaphors

query	If one thing is a m_______ for another, it is intended or regarded as a symbol of it.If one thing is a metaphor for another, it is intended or regarded as a symbol of it. The divided family remains a powerful metaphor for a society tearing itself apart.
word	metaphor
full-definition	noun A metaphor is an imaginative way of describing something by referring to something else which is the same in a particular way. For example, if you want to say that someone is very shy and frightened of things, you might say that they are a mouse . ...the avoidance of 'violent expressions and metaphors' like 'kill two birds with one stone'. ...the writer's use of metaphor. If one thing is a metaphor for another, it is intended or regarded as a symbol of it. The divided family remains a powerful metaphor for a society tearing itself apart.
inflections	metaphors
cefr-level	B2

Metaphor Thing Intended Regarded Symbol Divided Family Remains