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25 October 2008 | 45 replies
I find this statement to be just another common metaphor that lacks foundation or any proven results.
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3 July 2013 | 11 replies
Just gotta know when to pull the metaphoric trigger!!!
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8 July 2013 | 18 replies
(Sorry for mixing all the metaphors.)5)Always know, like, and trust those you do business with.
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6 September 2007 | 4 replies
Using this metaphor, are you in a river, pool, ocean, lake.
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3 May 2014 | 80 replies
To hijack your metaphor, I'm more like Heidi Fleiss' business manager.
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17 October 2012 | 55 replies
Like the conscious metaphor nonprofit and for profit are really two sides of the same coin.
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27 January 2009 | 20 replies
The Sherriff is busy trying to feed himself. ( for full disclosure, that is not referring to any actual sheriffs, meaning it is a metaphor: for the government to save us and right the wrongs.)
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23 August 2018 | 7 replies
I've enjoyed the McRib seminar metaphor, especially the Platinum Masters Program.
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16 April 2019 | 0 replies
An age-old gadget of sorts that simply keeps one dry when the rain pours, the umbrella is actually seen as a nice metaphor for a one-stop shop in the business realm.
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25 September 2015 | 6 replies
I like that metaphor with the burger shack, it felt like i just woke up like duhh lol never looked at it that way.