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Old 02-Aug-2007, 17:39
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Default Re: metaphor or no

The statement isn't itself a metaphor, but it uses two. The first is such an old metaphor that some people would say it's not one - "sluggish" [="behaving like a slug"]. But many words are based on metaphors if you look back far enough in their history; the word "muscle" means "little mouse".

The second is "on track".

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