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Metaphor Cartoons
Metaphor cartoon 1 of 123
"This is mastodon. I told you to get mammoth."
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cave, caveman, prehistory, prehistoric, pre historic, pre-historic, pre-history, cavemen, neanderthal, neanderthals, homo sapien, homo sapiens, homo erectus, early man, early men, stone age, stone-age, stone ages, stone-ages, dark age, dark-age, iron age, iron ages, bronze age, bronze ages, mammoth, mammoths, metaphor, metaphors, shopping, shop, shops, hunting, hunt, modern, modern life, food, foodie, demand, demanding, fishwife, fishwives, mastodon, married life, marriage, wife, wivesMetaphor cartoon 2 of 123
"We were two ships that passed in the night for a couple of nights in a row."
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one night stands, one night stand, short relationship, short relationships, pretentiousness, pretentious, pretension, metaphor, metaphors, bad metaphors, bad metaphor, romanticising, romance, romantic, romantics, office romance, office romances, sleeping around, affair, affairs, fling, flings, short-term relationship, short-term relationshipsMetaphor cartoon 3 of 123
"I was on the cutting edge. I pushed the envelope. I did the heavy lifting. I was the rainmaker. Then I ran out of metaphors."
Metaphor cartoon 4 of 123
"Good news. The test results show it's a metaphor."
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test, tests, test result, test results, idiom, idioms, expression, expressions, saying, sayings, metaphor, metaphors, metaphorical, literal, literally, backstabber, backstabbers, diagnosis, diagnose, diagnosing, physician, physicians, doctor, doctors, stab, stabbed, stabbing, stabbings, medical, medical diagnosis, good newsMetaphor cartoon 5 of 123
"Language."
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turtle, turtles, animal, animals, tortoise, tortoises, shell, shells, back, on your back, invert, inverted, struggle, struggling, criticise, criticism, critic, criticize, empathy, empathetic, sympathy, sympathetic, metaphor, metaphoricalMetaphor cartoon 6 of 123
"Stampeding off a metaphoric cliff - and you?"
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bull, bison, bar, stampede, stampedes, stampeding, bisons, bulls, stampeding bull, stampeding bulls, metaphoric cliff, metaphoric cliffs, metaphor, metaphors, drunk, drunks, drinker, drinkers, drinking problem, drinking problems, alcohol problem, alcohol problems, alcoholic, alcoholics, cliff edge, cliff edgesMetaphor cartoon 7 of 123
"Stampeding off a metaphoric cliff - and you?"
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bull, bison, bar, stampede, stampedes, stampeding, bisons, bulls, stampeding bull, stampeding bulls, metaphoric cliff, metaphoric cliffs, metaphor, metaphors, drunk, drunks, drinker, drinkers, drinking problem, drinking problems, alcohol problem, alcohol problems, alcoholic, alcoholics, cliff edge, cliff edgesMetaphor cartoon 8 of 123
"The long and short of it, Fred, is that you've gotten too far ahead of your constituency."
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cave, caveman, prehistory, prehistoric, pre historic, pre-historic, pre-history, cavemen, neanderthal, neanderthals, homo sapien, homo sapiens, homo erectus, early man, early men, stone age, stone-age, stone ages, stone-ages, dark age, dark-age, iron age, iron ages, bronze age, bronze ages, tribe, tribes, political, party politics, constituent, constituents, constituency, petty politics, politics, metaphor, metaphorical, metaphorsMetaphor cartoon 9 of 123
"I can't live without you in my life, but I can live without you in my way.''
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communication, communicate, communicating, communicated, communicates, talking, talk, talks, argue, arguing, argument, arguments, language, metaphor, metaphors, metaphorical, romance, romantic, married, married life, old married couple, couple, couples, angry, anger, angered, dredging, dredged, young love, trouble, troubled, problem, problems, wit, witty, response, tv, television, t v, distracted, distract, distraction, in the way, in my way, sport, sports, the game, season, football, sport, american football, breakup, break up, breakups, break upsMetaphor cartoon 10 of 123
"I hope you like sports metaphors."
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guru, gurus, wiseman, wise man, wise, wisdom, hike, hiking, climb, climbing, knowledge, tv, t.v.television, advice, advise, climbs, seek, seeking, search, searching, sports, sport, football, baseball, metaphor, metaphors, sports metaphors, televisions, disappointment, disappointing, zen, teacher, teachers, master, masters, expert, experts, cliche, clichesMetaphor cartoon 11 of 123
"I don't dance on the head of a pin unless I'm really drunk."
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religion, religious, death, after death, heaven, angel, angels, clouds, how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, pin, pins, dance, dances, dancing, drink, drinks, drinking, drinking alcohol, alcohol, alcoholic, liquor, booze, drunk, drunks, inebriated, pissed, intoxicated, uninhibited, free, wild, out-of-control, out of control, letting your guard down, relax, dance on the head of a pin, metaphor, metaphors, expression, expressions, word play, wordplayMetaphor cartoon 12 of 123
"We can't even agree on how cold it is."
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communication, communicate, communicating, communicated, communicates, talking, talk, talks, argue, arguing, argument, arguments, language, metaphor, metaphors, metaphorical, romance, romantic, married, married life, old married couple, couple, couples, angry, anger, angered, dredging, dredged, young love, trouble, troubled, problem, problems, wit, witty, response, weather, disagree, disagreeing, never right, always wrongMetaphor cartoon 13 of 123
Cubicles, Execs And Employees Growing More Similar To Bees
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cubicles, bees, bee, hive, hives, hive mind, hivemind, hiveminds, queen bee, queen bees, executive, executives, imagery, metaphor, metaphors, business management, manager, managers, management, cubicle, cubicles, drone, drones, office drones, office drone, worker bee, worker bees, hex, hexes, hexagon, hexagons, beehive, morphic, morphing, morphs, comment, commentary, critique, modern, modern life, modern world, capitalism, capitalist, worker bees, hierarchy, hierarchical, office planning, floorplan, floor plan, floor plans, floorplansMetaphor cartoon 14 of 123
"What do you mean, 'Marriage is a two-edged sword'?"
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relationship, relationships, relationship problems, relationship issues, marriage, marriages, married life, couple, couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, argument, arguments, arguing, fight, fights, fighting, anger, angry, mad, pain, painful, sword, swords, double-edged sword, double-edged swords, two-edged sword, two-edged swords, metaphor, metaphors, expression, expressionsMetaphor cartoon 15 of 123
"Tell me about your last accounting job."
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interview, interviews, interviewing, employed, employee, employees, employer, working world, world of work, modern life, metaphor, metaphors, metaphorical, cookie from the cookie jar, cookie, cookies, cookie jar, cookie jars, account, accounts, accounting, accountant, accountants, fraud, frauds, fraudulent, caught, caught red-handed, caught redhanded, red-handed, bad reference, reference, references, fired, fire, fires, firing, laid off, lay-off, lay off, lay-offs, lay offsMetaphor cartoon 16 of 123
"Put the cat out and come to bed!"
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cave, caveman, prehistory, prehistoric, pre historic, pre-historic, pre-history, cavemen, neanderthal, neanderthals, homo sapien, homo sapiens, homo erectus, early man, early men, stone age, stone-age, stone ages, stone-ages, dark age, dark-age, iron age, iron ages, bronze age, bronze ages, tribe, tribes, tiny, small, irony, ironic, ironically, house, home, homes, basic, basics, couple, couples, married, married couple, metaphor, mirror, mimesis, metaphorical, metaphors, pet, pets, cat, cats, domesticMetaphor cartoon 17 of 123
"You know what I think, babe? Seven on the Richter scale."
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hollywood, movies, movie, film, films, script, scripts, language, word play, pretentious, writer, writers, office, offices, executive producer, executive producers, producer, producers, production, production company, earthquake, earthquakes, richter scale, review, reviewed, major earthquake, strong earthquake, damaging earthquake, film industry, flashy, tasteless, tacky, film maker, film makers, movie maker, movie makers, actor, actors, actress, actresses, act, acting, science, sciences, metaphor, metaphors, shake things up, shake it up, mix it up, change it upMetaphor cartoon 18 of 123
"Sometimes, son, the guilt inside builds up so much you have to vent the shame silo."
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shame, shames, guilt, guilty, conscience, consciences, silo, silos, grain silo, grain silos, vent, vents, venting, ashamed, farm, farms, farmer, farmers, ranch, ranches, rancher, analogy, analogies, metaphor, metaphors, worry, worries, fear, fears, explanation, explanations, explain, explains, explaining, facts of lifeMetaphor cartoon 19 of 123
"I'm ready to go whenever you're through fussing with tablescapes."
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communication, communicate, communicating, communicated, communicates, talking, talk, talks, argue, arguing, argument, arguments, language, metaphor, metaphors, metaphorical, romance, romantic, married, married life, old married couple, couple, couples, dither, dithering, faff, faffing, wait, waiting, fuss, fussing, married life, marriage, women, woman, wives, wifeMetaphor cartoon 20 of 123
"This next song's about pain."
Metaphor cartoon 21 of 123
"Fine. Sit there and check your messages. Perhaps it will give you something to contribute to the conversation."
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communication, communicate, communicating, communicated, communicates, talking, talk, talks, argue, arguing, argument, arguments, language, metaphor, metaphors, metaphorical, romance, romantic, married, married life, old married couple, couple, couples, angry, anger, angered, dredging, dredged, young love, trouble, troubled, problem, problems, wit, witty, response, phone, phones, mobile, mobiles, mobile phone, mobile phones, cell, cell phone, cell phones, texting, text, modern life, modern world, tech, gadget, gadgets, dinner party, eating out, out to eatMetaphor cartoon 22 of 123
"You realize, of course, that I'll have to make a big show of having security escort you out."
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devil, devils, demon, demons, satan, satanic, deal with the devil, dealing with the devil, sins, meeting, meetings, human resources, hr, h r, media, big business, business, corporate, political, politics, politically, politically charged, appearances, realities, reality, metaphor, metaphors, executive, executives, management, managers, big business, corporations, corrupt, corruption, corrupted, evil, evilly, evils, money, wealth, wealthy, positive image, public relations, pr, p r, pr management, spin, spin doctor, rhetoric, fake, phony, phonies, lies, fake news, critique, critical, criticMetaphor cartoon 23 of 123
"Could I get a single perfect olive branch?"
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metaphor, metaphors, metaphorical, symbol, symbols, symbolism, symbolic, symbolically, flower, flowers, florist, florists, peace, peaceful, peace treaty, extend, olive branch, branch, perfect olive branch, sign, a sign, break up, break ups, argue, arguing, argument, married life, marriage, reconciliation, reconcile, reconciles, reconciled, couple, couples, word play, play on words, word-play, referential, referenceMetaphor cartoon 24 of 123
"Ted was severely edited as a child."
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editing, edited, editted, editting, editor, editors, parent, parents, parenting, parental, mommy, mother, mothers, discipline, disciplined, disciplines, child, childhood, criticise, criticize, criticized, criticised, bad childhood, hard childhood, euphemisms, metaphor, metaphors, insecure, insecurity, anxiety, anxious, problem, problemsMetaphor cartoon 25 of 123
"How many cubicles do you think this will penetrate?"
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cubicles, imagery, metaphor, metaphors, business management, manager, managers, management, cubicle, cubicles, drone, drones, office drones, office drone, office planning, floorplan, floor plan, floor plans, floorplans, peasant, peasants, feudal, feudalism, medieval, medieval times, serf, serfs, medieval weapon, weapon, weaponry, cross bow, crossbow, violence, interior, interiors, intrusive, intrusive thoughtsMore cartoons with the keyword 'metaphor'