He in fact used a number of other traditional metaphors.

"You are using some kind of metaphor that I cannot understand."

I used to take it as a kind of metaphor.

"Is this some kind of metaphor for me to figure out?"

It was meant as a sort of metaphor for the whole scene back then.

That's a kind of metaphor for the way the roles may work.

The work is particularly known for its use of sophisticated metaphors.

Essentially, this whole fight is about the power of metaphor.

There are many examples of dead metaphors in the English language.

There is another way in which this kind of metaphor may be employed.