Political Metaphors

noun a field or area where a battle is fought

• The soldiers marched onto the battlefield, prepared for battle.
• The troops are getting ready to head out to the battlefield.
• The soldiers are gearing up to hit the battlefield.
• In the world of business, the market is like a battlefield where companies compete for customers.

noun a proper noun referring to a historical figure known for betraying the American colonies during the Revolutionary War

• Benedict Arnold was a general during the American Revolutionary War who defected to the British Army.
• Did you know Benedict Arnold was a traitor during the Revolutionary War?
• Benedict Arnold is like the original backstabber in American history.
• In politics, being called a Benedict Arnold is the ultimate insult for betraying your own side.

noun an event or situation characterized by an extreme amount of bloodshed

• The battle resulted in a brutal bloodbath, with many casualties on both sides.
• The game turned into a total bloodbath, with one team dominating the other.
• That movie was a total bloodbath - so much action and violence!
• The political debate turned into a bloodbath as each candidate fiercely attacked the other.

noun a realm or domain

• The kingdom was ruled by a wise and just monarch.
• The kingdom is run by a cool king.
• That kingdom is lit with the king in charge.
• In her mind, the library was a kingdom of knowledge.

noun an area of muddy or boggy ground

• The project became stuck in a morass of legal issues.
• I feel like I'm stuck in a morass of paperwork at work.
• This situation is a total morass, dude.
• Her mind was a morass of conflicting emotions.

noun a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling the surrender of those inside

• The castle was under siege for several weeks before finally surrendering.
• The neighborhood was under siege by construction noise all day.
• The gamers were under siege by trolls in the online chat room.
• Her mind was under siege by negative thoughts, making it hard to focus.

noun a position in which a person lies face down with arms and legs stretched out

verb to stretch out one's body with arms and legs extended in opposite directions

• The suspect was found lying on the ground in a spread eagle position.
• He was so drunk at the party, he ended up passed out spread eagle on the couch.
• I heard he got caught trying to sneak into the concert by doing a spread eagle move over the fence.
• The new policy caused a spread eagle effect on the company's profits, spreading them thin across different departments.

noun a word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things

verb a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence

preposition a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause

article a word that is used with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun

• It would be highly unwise to put the fox in charge of the hen house.
• Putting the fox in charge of the hen house is just asking for trouble.
• Letting the fox run the hen house is a recipe for disaster.
• Putting the fox in charge of the hen house is like letting a thief guard the treasure.

noun a two-wheeled cart used to carry condemned prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution

• The tumbril carried the prisoners to their execution.
• The tumbril took the prisoners to their doom.
• The tumbril rolled up with the bad guys inside.
• The politician's scandal was the final nail in the tumbril of his career.