metaphor
रूपक
definition
noun
“I had fallen through a trapdoor of depression,” said Mark, who was fond of theatrical metaphors
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
translation of 'metaphor'
लक्षणा
noun
रूपक,
रूपांतर,
लक्षण,
अन्योक्ति
example
when we speak of gene maps and gene mapping, we use a cartographic 'metaphor'
Somehow niggling at my brain is this apartment as a 'metaphor' for the Korean Way of Doing Things.
From what I've read the film is more of a 'metaphor' for home coming/coming out.
Smoking is an epidemic; it is a 'metaphor' for cancer in its spread as much as it is for infecting people with cancer.
Yet its importance as a 'metaphor' for evil means that the coalition remains desperate to exorcise these demons.
This would be a good 'metaphor' for something, no doubt, if I could only pin it down.
In the story, this inability to finish a picture is a 'metaphor' for being reluctant to commit to a relationship.
her poetry depends on suggestion and 'metaphor'
the amounts of money being lost by the company were enough to make it a 'metaphor' for an industry that was teetering
the amounts of money being lost by the company were enough to make it a 'metaphor' for an industry that was teetering
This could be seen as a 'metaphor' for writing fiction, but the story itself seems too schematic.
He is a recurring 'metaphor' for the colour and movement of Australians at play.
The book's title is, of course, a 'metaphor' for what she as a writer does.
Never use a 'metaphor' , simile or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
her poetry depends on suggestion and 'metaphor'
The title is a 'metaphor' for the need to satisfy cravings that perhaps we do not always fully recognize.
What kept me reading was how the novel worked as such a creepy 'metaphor' for contemporary America.
I prefer to think that stiff-neckedness is a 'metaphor' for being stubbornly set in one's ways.
I had also meant for this story to be a 'metaphor' for my own life as I knew it and saw it.
The torso also includes the heart, a 'metaphor' for your vital life force, as well as representing the bonds of love.
It's almost a 'metaphor' for immigrant life, which has to be retooled to succeed in America.
The 'metaphor' of consumption dominates this speech and connects each image.
Images are often presented through figures of speech like simile and 'metaphor' .
So if my garden is a 'metaphor' for my life now then I'm in big trouble!
Throughout the film, the necklace serves as a 'metaphor' for her freedom to live a life of her choosing.
What is known is that the ball was a 'metaphor' for the movement of the sun, and by extension also of the moon and stars.
I like to think of the rats as a 'metaphor' for the city's egalitarianism.
Aside from 'metaphoric' comparisons to other bands, it's difficult to define this one except to say that it plays simple, unoffensive rock.
All the proposed reasons given have been either 'metaphorical' or analogous.
The description is literal, concrete and concise, rarely using 'metaphors' or similes to extend the image.
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