From this card game use came metaphoric uses, e.g.:

Picking on the metaphoric use of DNA is a distortion.

Opium of the people (metaphoric use)

In the category of metaphoric uses, that of the outpouring of God's wrath is most frequent.

In 1649 the metaphoric use as "cluster of densely populated living spaces" is recorded.

Your metaphoric use of blood-letting is powerful stuff.

The metaphoric use of the term is inherently linked to ideas about representation.

Public familiarity with dynamite led to metaphoric uses, such as saying that a particular issue "is political dynamite".

In metaphoric use, warren refers to a tight agglomeration of inferior accommodations, such as a slum.

Rather, she telegraphs them through a metaphoric use of body language that is at odds with her use of ballet technique for the ensembles.