metaphorically

The first time I had thought it was metaphorically about me.

"Were you trying to get me to metaphorically murder my father?"

Then, metaphorically, he sat back and allowed himself to experience the moment.

I like to think my works describe the season metaphorically.

The worst had happened and they could, metaphorically, get on with their lives.

Metaphorically, I mean: not back to the way it used to be.

Also, his hope is to freely go and move in the water metaphorically.

Both metaphorically and actually, they were powerful tools for order.

I see - Can be used both metaphorically and literally.

Then, metaphorically of course, I put my thinking cap on.

Children really are under fire throughout the world, literally and metaphorically.

And now, metaphorically speaking, they have to look over their shoulders.

Suddenly the floor, metaphorically, drops out from under the music.

Reading and eating were always metaphorically linked at the time.

But she's never metaphorically alone: she has a quiet faith.

He left behind him, both metaphorically and literally, a rock for others to build upon.

Then, metaphorically pushing up his sleeves, got down to work.

Peter was finally finding his feet, both literally and metaphorically.

He had forced her back against a closed door, literally and metaphorically.

It always was taken metaphorically, of course, but what if it's literal?

Will they go for the throat physically and not just metaphorically?

I could eat a horse - metaphorically speaking, of course.

I took a breath and went in for the kill, metaphorically speaking.

But science metaphorically is exploration even if it's done in a lab.

I was intrigued by the belief that people think metaphorically.