{"id":1723,"date":"2022-11-06T10:14:16","date_gmt":"2022-11-06T10:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/?p=1723"},"modified":"2022-11-06T10:14:16","modified_gmt":"2022-11-06T10:14:16","slug":"metaforas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2022\/11\/06\/metaforas\/","title":{"rendered":"Metaphors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today I'm writing this post from Dublin airport, I'm about to <em>cross the pond<\/em> to spend a couple of days with my American work colleagues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Crossing the pond<\/em>, interesting expression. It's one of the many metaphors we use every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/pexels-photo-2302908.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"676\" height=\"460\" data-attachment-id=\"1722\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/pexels-photo-2302908\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/pexels-photo-2302908.jpeg?fit=1880%2C1280&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1880,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"selective focus photography of red waterlily flower in bloom\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo by Couleur on &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/selective-focus-photography-of-red-waterlily-flower-in-bloom-2302908\/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Pexels.com&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/pexels-photo-2302908.jpeg?fit=676%2C460&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/pexels-photo-2302908.jpeg?resize=676%2C460&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Close up of a red flower floating on the surface of a pond\" class=\"wp-image-1722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/pexels-photo-2302908.jpeg?resize=1024%2C697&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/pexels-photo-2302908.jpeg?resize=300%2C204&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/pexels-photo-2302908.jpeg?resize=768%2C523&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/pexels-photo-2302908.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1046&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/pexels-photo-2302908.jpeg?resize=18%2C12&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/pexels-photo-2302908.jpeg?resize=1200%2C817&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/pexels-photo-2302908.jpeg?resize=676%2C460&amp;ssl=1 676w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/pexels-photo-2302908.jpeg?w=1880&amp;ssl=1 1880w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/pexels-photo-2302908.jpeg?w=1352&amp;ssl=1 1352w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Wordreference, one of the definitions of metaphor is a \"Rhetorical way of describing another object or thing by suggesting a comparison of it to something else, but without using the word 'like'' or 'as''\". Explained like this, it may seem a bit complicated, but the truth is that we use metaphors all day long, very often without noticing that they are, for example...<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Me encontraba entre la espada y la pared<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>He was kicked out of there<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>I'm starving<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And so many others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Metaphors help us to explain life situations in a way that's easy to understand, and they don't only work outwards, when we speak with others, they also work inwards, in our inner dialogue. Sometimes we find it easier to connect with an emotion when we \"give it a shape\" through a metaphor, and that way we can even draw it, if it helps  \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And when we're facing a problem or a difficult situation, playing with metaphors can help us a lot in terms of changing perspective and looking for alternatives. For example, if a person is feeling that every time they try a particular thing <em>they bang their head against a wall<\/em>, they may even visualize that wall in their mind when they think in whatever it is they want to try, and get blocked. Following along with the metaphor, we could ask, where is that wall? What is it made of? How high is it? And what's behind it? In which other way could you get there? And then maybe this way, exploring ways to jump over the wall, or go around it, or even break it, this person may come to a realization and find solutions that they wouldn't have thought of otherwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Metaphors are also very interesting to think of when reflecting on some aspect of our life, or our work. This is often done in Agile methodologies, as part of team retrospectives: \"if our last two weeks had been a movie, which movie would it be, and why?\" Once we add that touch of creativity and humour to the conversation, it's amazing how much can come out of there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So this week I'm proposing two things for you to do this week, if you feel like it: one is to listen with extra attention to see how many metaphors you find around you, and the other one is to find your own metaphor: if today you were a colour, which colour would you be?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hoy escribo este post desde el aeropuerto de Dubl\u00edn, a punto de cruzar el charco para pasar un par de d\u00edas con mis compa\u00f1eros de trabajo de Estados Unidos. Cruzar el charco, curiosa expresi\u00f3n. Es una de las muchas met\u00e1foras que utilizamos cada d\u00eda. Seg\u00fan el diccionario de la Real Academia de la Lengua, una &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2022\/11\/06\/metaforas\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Metaphors<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":3116429,"featured_media":1722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Si hoy fueras un color, \u00bfqu\u00e9 color ser\u00edas? \/ If today you were a colour, which colour would you be?","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5107,5001],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-emociones","category-palabras-words","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3DPtR-rN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9688,"url":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2026\/09\/14\/ventanas-al-mundo\/","url_meta":{"origin":1723,"position":0},"title":"Windows to the world","author":"binarybea","date":"14\/09\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Esta semana o\u00ed un comentario en la radio que me pareci\u00f3 curioso: dec\u00edan algo as\u00ed como que muchos j\u00f3venes de hoy en d\u00eda consideran que se puede saber m\u00e1s de c\u00f3mo es realmente una persona por los libros que posee que por su perfil en redes sociales. \u00bfT\u00fa qu\u00e9 opinas?\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Personal&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Personal","link":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/category\/diario-journal\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20260822_195817-e1789341732906.jpg?fit=1200%2C756&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20260822_195817-e1789341732906.jpg?fit=1200%2C756&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20260822_195817-e1789341732906.jpg?fit=1200%2C756&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20260822_195817-e1789341732906.jpg?fit=1200%2C756&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_20260822_195817-e1789341732906.jpg?fit=1200%2C756&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9635,"url":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2026\/08\/31\/reto-de-30-dias\/","url_meta":{"origin":1723,"position":1},"title":"30-day challenge","author":"binarybea","date":"31\/08\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00bfQu\u00e9 opinas de los retos de 30 d\u00edas? \u00bfAlguna vez has hecho alguno? 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