{"id":10875,"date":"2017-10-21T17:12:25","date_gmt":"2017-10-22T01:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=10875"},"modified":"2023-01-06T20:43:02","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T04:43:02","slug":"business-english-skills-360-using-metaphors-in-english2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2017\/10\/21\/business-english-skills-360-using-metaphors-in-english2\/","title":{"rendered":"Skills 360 &#8211; Making your Speech more Powerful with Metaphors (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10875-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/bizpod\/360.64-Metaphor2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/bizpod\/360.64-Metaphor2.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/bizpod\/360.64-Metaphor2.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/quiz\/360.64POD\/index.html\" title=\"Business English Skills 360 Lesson - Using English Metaphors 2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Business-English-Skills-360-LESSON-Using-English-Metaphors-2-600x259.jpg\" alt=\"Skills 360 - Using Metaphors in English (2)\" width=\"600\" height=\"259\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-10880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Business-English-Skills-360-LESSON-Using-English-Metaphors-2-600x259.jpg 600w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Business-English-Skills-360-LESSON-Using-English-Metaphors-2-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Business-English-Skills-360-LESSON-Using-English-Metaphors-2-768x332.jpg 768w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Business-English-Skills-360-LESSON-Using-English-Metaphors-2-200x86.jpg 200w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Business-English-Skills-360-LESSON-Using-English-Metaphors-2-400x173.jpg 400w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Business-English-Skills-360-LESSON-Using-English-Metaphors-2.jpg 787w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome back to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/business-english-360\/\" title=\"Business English Skills 360 podcast\">Skills 360<\/a> for today&#8217;s lesson on using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/2017\/10\/15\/business-english-skills-360-making-your-speech-more-powerful-with-metaphors-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">metaphors in English<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you tuned in last time, you&#8217;ll remember that a metaphor is when you compare something you&#8217;re talking about to another idea. 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