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The Rubik's Cube (Wikipedia) is a good representation for what metaphors are.

There are SIX sides to a cube. There is only ONE solution where all sides are the same color. However, depending on the
perspective, the cube may appear to be solved when say, THREE sides are all the same color.
It may not be possible to have only 3 sides solved at the same time. Any  Rubik's Cube experts know? In any case -- it is just a metaphor!

When a metaphor is created there maybe a single message, or many messages - who knows but the author
unless it is clearly explained.  Or the message may change over time. IF the intent was only a single message, then 
only ONE interpretation is correct. Many interpretations can be almost, or "seem correct" when viewed from one perspective.

metaphor (Dictionary) - same in almost all Roman character based languages.

Do you remember someone else in history who spoke using many parables / metaphors?
Don´t think too hard, it might just be on the Tip_of_the / your_tongue (Wiki)!

He wasn´t liked either, because if he was, he wouldn´t have been killed!

Meditate on that.

Funny giraffe and horse tongues - click here.

Stick it out --- and look in the mirror! tongue (Wikipedia)

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Speaking of the tongue - get ready for some TONGUE TWISTING!

Time to go back to school! Except - you are here BY CHOICE - not BY LAW, FORce (FEAR), or CONsent.
There are no grades in this school.  And there are no teachers. It is just the sharing of some knowledge with you.

Slovak - šKOLa,   Slovenian -     /  Indonesian - / Turkish - oKUL / Russian -  школа  ("dKOLa")
Latin - sCHOLa (advanced) /  Greek - σχολείο, σχολή = sCHOLeio, sCHOLi

Most of the translations will have the "s / z" sound. But a few have ommited it - French, Estonian, Finnish, Turkish.  Lithuanian is odd.

Who goes to school?

The GUILty go to school! You remember the the Bible - Book of Genesis - don't you? All that FALL of (wo)MAN  stuff....
It's not just "school" that you go to -- it's the SCHOOL OF LIFE / REAL WORLD!

The translations in the Germanic languages (Swedish, Danish, German) looks a lot like SCOLD (Get mad at)  / SCALD (Burning).

Click to hear the school bell! School's out for the innocent! (Youtube)

In Chinese:  school = 学校 = xué xiào = learning school
guilt = 罪 = zui = guilt / crime / fault / blame / sin

Pronunciation of XUé and CUL/COL/GUIL may be related.  C ~ X quite often. Possible for L to have been dropped.  
X sound not far from Z. Also C ~ G ~ Z. Tongue twisting!

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by the way -- did you just say "Oh my God" ?
...and if you didn't, you will say it later. And when the last (wo)man utters "Oh My God," WE will BE in Heaven.

911 Call in World Trade Center, while tower collapse

More weblinks to make your head spin

Allegory (Wiki) - Idiom - Wikipedia | Simple English Wikipedia - Idiom - Metaphor

idiom: Definition, Synonyms and Much More from Answers.com - Idioms, Analogies, Metaphors and Similes

Difference Between Metaphor and Idiom - Idioms vs. metaphors

Wordwizard Clubhouse - simile and metaphor

Metaphors of/for Language in Popular Culture - Metaphor Examples for teachers, students and writers.