Dictionary.com defines "metaphor" as "a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance."
Here are some examples of metaphors produced by political cartoonists, and others, and made available by Google. What do these have to do with Pacific's situation at the moment? Well, as the dwarf said in the closing scene of the film, Ship of Fools, "Why, nothing at all."
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Titanic was about to sink. People on the ship were shouting, crying, running and praying to God – just then a passenger had the following conversation with the captain:
Passenger: How far is land, from here?
Captain: Two miles…
Passenger: Only two miles? Then why are these fools making noise? I have the experience of swimming a lot farther than that.
Captain: …..????
Passenger: Just tell me in which direction, is the land that's two miles from here?
Captain: Downward…
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