Perhaps as a result, he designed the museum to be accessible in both literal and metaphorical ways.

You will very shortly learn of another character whose ears have been assailed, in a more dangerous and less metaphorical way, with tragic results.

During their time together, this odd couple come to rely on each other in various metaphorical ways.

A modern poet tells you, in a disguised, metaphorical way, everything you have no business knowing about him.

"Up" contains several travelling-themed lyrical lines which act as a metaphorical way of taking a relationship to the next level.

"You just did it in a metaphorical way, which is how the subconscious works. "

Maybe the writer means "white people" in a metaphorical way.

Through me, you can communicate in a symbolic, metaphorical way.

Quite possibly, North and his fellow movement conservatives connected these two groups in metaphorical ways as well.

As said above, each masque is subtly related to the action in the play during that particular act in a metaphorical way.