What is a metaphor for life?

What is a metaphor for life?

Definition
	A conventional metaphor in English in which life is represented as an related thing or event.

Kinds
	Here are some kinds of metaphors for life:
	What is a life-as-container metaphor? What is a life-as-gambling-game metaphor? What is a life-as-journey metaphor?

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

Context for this page:

Concept module: metaphor for life
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

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 4.0, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

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