Yet the painting does pay homage to tradition by its metaphorical reference to light's ephemeral nature.

Showbread uses metaphorical references to horror movies in their lyrics, as can be seen in the titles of some songs.

While intended as a metaphorical reference to Venice, the work comes off instead as not much more than a glitzy piece of decor.

One is, of course, anatomical while the other is a metaphorical reference to caring and meaning well.

It has to be red because of the metaphorical reference to the McCarthy hearings.

Underneath it scrolled a list of metaphorical references to the subject by physicists over the last five hundred years.

In 1976, feminist Del Martin used the phrase "rule of thumb" as a metaphorical reference to describe such a doctrine.

Those tentacles, they're metaphorical references to the Hebitians' telepathic capabilities.

Literal and metaphorical references to eyesight appear throughout Oedipus the King.

A sacrificial lamb is a metaphorical reference to a person or animal sacrificed (killed or discounted in some way) for the common good.