gut bacteria
n=1
a: Gut bacteria ~
b: mean drill sergeants
What: "This works because the bacteria essentially train the immune system in early childhood to not react to harmless antigens. Antigens- typically toxic or infectious-are like little invading troops in your body. In this extended metaphor, gut bacteria are like the mean drill sergeants making your immune system do pushups in the mud because someone sneezed near you."
Useful?
Writer: Rubee Dano
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Oct 25 2013 5:30 PM
# 4293 Critique Analogy
METAMIA is a free database of analogy and metaphor. Anyone can contribute or search. The subject matter can be anything. Science is popular, but poetry is encouraged. The goal is to integrate our fluid muses with the stark literalism of a relational database. Metamia is like a girdle for your muses, a cognitive girdle.