Metaphor

data pump glass ceiling God as king hedgehog's dilemma Fatted calf middlebrow Sifting and winnowing the blind leading the blind information explosion wet noodle War chest spoon theory thinking outside the box wing of the party black swan theory Late bloomer carrot and stick boiling frog missing stair tunnel vision conceptual metaphor spherical cow drain the swamp dark horse sticky floor persons leaving moving the goalposts interface metaphor echo chamber alphabet soup elephant in the room Milkshake Duck plain vanilla Ivory Tower $100 hamburger Chinese wall boat anchor body politic chicken or the egg chink in one's armor Ship of state City rhythm dead metaphor The Long Tail epigenetic landscape evolutionary landscape Fork in the road Get Out of Jail Free card Glass cliff highbrow