There it was, a fitting metaphor for the abrupt end of the season; quite literally, the Yanks had fallen apart.

Actually, the final moments of this training session provided a fitting metaphor for Trinidad's as yet perfect but still puzzling career.

It was a fitting metaphor for the game.

Webber's mistake is a fitting metaphor for a university closing the door long after the horses have left the barn.

Piazza just walked away, which might prove to be a fitting metaphor for his days with the Mets.

A fitting metaphor, he thought, for his two days in jail.

Perhaps the lying and cheating is a fitting metaphor for the state of the country, said David Gutierrez.

Immense and robust, it was a fitting metaphor for the primitive forces in man's own nature.

It was a fitting metaphor to represent civilization that conceived and built it.

The flex was a fitting metaphor for the Nets' efforts in their 98-85 triumph.