We use metaphors all the time. We claim businesses run like “well-oiled machines,” CEO’s lead like “quarterbacks,” and successful people are like “rockstars.” Metaphors are a great way to transform ...

The year was 1983, and it was starting to look like Apple would lose the personal computer battle with IBM. Experts decreed: “The shooting isn’t over yet, but it’s clear how the war will come out” ...

Hyperbole, similes and metaphors are all types of figurative language that help to make your writing more interesting. They can be particularly helpful for creating an image of what you are writing ...

What is programming? How would you visualize it? Probably a bit like in the Wachowski sisters' film The Matrix (2000): lines of different codes forming a world, or simply a program. But that's not the ...

I’m writing this article after a week of “slumping” stocks, “rattled” investors, and “bumpy roads” for the U.S. economy. Business reporters and their guests like to reach for metaphors that ...