As wind-whipped walls of flame destroyed hundreds of Los Angeles-area residences last January, one media report framed the ...

To clarify aspects of multiple sclerosis that might be confusing, columnist Ben Hofmeister tries to use humor, analogies, and metaphors.

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So, choice of metaphor really matters — and taking health and crime as two examples here — might even be life-changing. Marketing metaphors Okay, so maybe you’re convinced that you need to choose your ...

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Here at Science Friday, we’re big fans of metaphors. They can make complicated scientific concepts easier to understand, for both non-experts and scientists themselves. For example, “the big bang” ...

Throughout history, metaphors and figurative language have been used in health and social care to aid communication, visualise illness and conceptualise thinking. This article, the second in our ...

The difference: An idiom is a saying or a phrase that is used to describe a situation, a metaphor is an indirect comparison to describe something, and a simile is a direct comparison.