Friday 21 February 2020

How Many Ways Do I Metaphor Thee?

Let me count the ways...

a.  As a traffic accident (of course!):
A monster truck named Elizabeth Warren rammed [Bloomberg] off the road. Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders raced to the wreck to spray firehoses of kerosene on the wreck.
b.  As a pack of predators attacking its prey:
The prey is down and the pack of predators leaps upon him: ...
Does the bloody prey want to lift up his woeful head and mutter any last words? ...
Oh! No pity for the dying beast! They booed him! And the predators converge once again on the tasty flesh: ...
And with that, the moderators, without going back to the bleeding carcass, move on to the next topic. ...
c.  As a NASCAR race
d. As a fading flower:

e.  And, hoist on his own petard