List of English-language metaphors: Difference between revisions

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*[[Uncle Sam]]

==PlacePlaces==

*[[Crossing the Rubicon]]

*[[wikt:crossroads]], a decision point; a turning point or opportunity to change direction, course, or goal.

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*[[Par for the course]]

==WarVarious==

*[[Catch-22 (logic)]]

*[[Double edged sword]]

*[[Dry powder]]

*[[Fog of war]]

*[[No-win situation]]

*[[Pyrrhic victory]]

*[[Saber noise]]

*[[Shareholder rights plan]]

*[[Shooting the messenger]]

*[[Smoking gun]]

*[[Texas sharpshooter fallacy]]

*[[War chest]]

*[[Win-win game]]

==Other==

*[[Aesopian language]]

*[[Apollo archetype]]

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*[[Five wisdoms]]

*[[Gates of horn and ivory]]

*[[Genie (Disney)#Appearances|Genie in a bottle]]

*[[Gold in the mine]]

*[[Gordian Knot]]

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*[[New Testament military metaphors]]

*[[New Testament athletic metaphors]]

==OtherWar==

*[[Catch-22 (logic)]]

*[[Double edged sword]]

*[[Dry powder]]

*[[Fog of war]]

*[[No-win situation]]

*[[Pyrrhic victory]]

*[[Saber noise]]

*[[Shareholder rights plan]]

*[[Shooting the messenger]]

*[[Smoking gun]]

*[[Texas sharpshooter fallacy]]

*[[War chest]]

*[[Win-win game]]

==Lists==

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**[[:Category:Political metaphors referring to people]]

*[[:Category:Metaphors by reference]]

==See also==

*[[Philosophy]]

*[[Outline of philosophy]]

==References==