http://www.metaphorobservatory.com Where living metaphor is explained to death. Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:17:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://www.metaphorobservatory.com/2008/09/metaphor-in-financial-crisis/#comment-37 Alena Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:17:49 +0000 http://metaphorobservatory.com/?p=67#comment-37 now i see that all my struggles weren't in vane, it's incredible that i've found such a site in the end. <br />thank you so much now i see that all my struggles weren't in vane, it's incredible that i've found such a site in the end. thank you so much

]]> http://www.metaphorobservatory.com/2009/07/top-ten-metaphors-of-2008/#comment-36 lollypic Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:10:23 +0000 http://metaphorobservatory.com/?p=91#comment-36 Chief whitehouse spokesman today after Obama's campaign promise not to raise taxes for the middle class was called into question:<br /><br />"Promising that everybody is going to be on message may be a bar that is too high for me to leap over," Gibbs said with a smile.<br /><br />http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-taxes4-2009aug04,0,2495150.story Chief whitehouse spokesman today after Obama's campaign promise not to raise taxes for the middle class was called into question:"Promising that everybody is going to be on message may be a bar that is too high for me to leap over," Gibbs said with a smile.http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-taxes4-2009aug04,0,2495150.story

]]> http://www.metaphorobservatory.com/2009/07/top-ten-metaphors-of-2008/#comment-35 lollypic Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:57:08 +0000 http://metaphorobservatory.com/?p=91#comment-35 Haha! Yes. The first time I heard it I envisioned a sad clown. Haha! Yes. The first time I heard it I envisioned a sad clown.

]]> http://www.metaphorobservatory.com/2009/07/top-ten-metaphors-of-2008/#comment-34 J. D. Casnig Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:50:02 +0000 http://metaphorobservatory.com/?p=91#comment-34 They should've used that phrase to describe the bank bailout! They should've used that phrase to describe the bank bailout!

]]> http://www.metaphorobservatory.com/2009/07/top-ten-metaphors-of-2008/#comment-33 lollypic Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:07:46 +0000 http://metaphorobservatory.com/?p=91#comment-33 Indeed! And lets not forget our beloved 'Cash for Clunkers' (a metaphor AND onomatopoeia?!). Indeed! And lets not forget our beloved 'Cash for Clunkers' (a metaphor AND onomatopoeia?!).

]]> http://www.metaphorobservatory.com/2009/07/top-ten-metaphors-of-2008/#comment-32 J. D. Casnig Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:07:15 +0000 http://metaphorobservatory.com/?p=91#comment-32 An ironically uplifting choice of metaphor.<br /><br />Thanks for your Observation! An ironically uplifting choice of metaphor.Thanks for your Observation!

]]> http://www.metaphorobservatory.com/2009/07/top-ten-metaphors-of-2008/#comment-31 lollypic Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:23:08 +0000 http://metaphorobservatory.com/?p=91#comment-31 It seems that the health care debate has been injecting some tired old metaphors into the ailing US media... the 'skyrocketing' costs are becoming familiar in these parts...<br /><br />http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN0146467720090801 It seems that the health care debate has been injecting some tired old metaphors into the ailing US media… the 'skyrocketing' costs are becoming familiar in these parts…http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN0146467720090801

]]> http://www.metaphorobservatory.com/2008/08/the-tragic-romance-of-barack-and-hillary/#comment-30 BLUEMOON Thu, 05 Mar 2009 04:13:00 +0000 http://metaphorobservatory.com/?p=64#comment-30 Beautiful use of metaphors. Beautiful use of metaphors.

]]> http://www.metaphorobservatory.com/2008/11/barack-obama-shares-digs-with-homer-simpson/#comment-29 Anonymous Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:31:00 +0000 http://metaphorobservatory.com/?p=76#comment-29 Obama continues to talk about the economy as being in a hole and how we have to dig ourselves out. Yet nobody in the media (or any of his advisors) seems to have noticed. When Bush said stupid things like that, it would dominate the news for a week..... Obama continues to talk about the economy as being in a hole and how we have to dig ourselves out. Yet nobody in the media (or any of his advisors) seems to have noticed. When Bush said stupid things like that, it would dominate the news for a week…..

]]> http://www.metaphorobservatory.com/2008/01/top-ten-metaphors-of-2007/#comment-28 J. D. Casnig Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:31:00 +0000 http://metaphorobservatory.com/?p=61#comment-28 A good point, Mike. Though the logical term has one meaning, the words themselves imply the statement has holes requiring further examination. Thus, the series of words has gradually been used to tweak "which forces us to ask..." with a slight semantic twist (force vs. beg). According to Wiktionary, "begs the question" is misused, though the assumption is that its use is always idomatic, and never a simple statement of fact. A good point, Mike. Though the logical term has one meaning, the words themselves imply the statement has holes requiring further examination. Thus, the series of words has gradually been used to tweak “which forces us to ask…” with a slight semantic twist (force vs. beg). According to Wiktionary, “begs the question” is misused, though the assumption is that its use is always idomatic, and never a simple statement of fact.

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