What is a metaphor for time?

What is a metaphor for time?

Definition
	A conventional metaphor in English in which time is represented as a commodity, a moving object or a stationary object through which one moves.

Kinds
	Here are some kinds of metaphors for time:
	What is a time-as-moving-object metaphor? What is a time-as-resource metaphor? What is a time-as-stationary metaphor?

Generic
	A metaphor for time is a kind of
	Conventional metaphors in English

Context for this page:

Concept module: metaphor for time
In modular book: Metaphors in English, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H. Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
In bookshelf: Lexicon

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