Ten metaphors with body parts

<p>Hi again and welcome to The Art of Business English. This week we are going to be looking at some metaphors that contain body parts. </p> <p>The use of metaphors in English is very common, so what is a metaphor? </p> <p>According to the Cambridge dictionary, a metaphor is an expression in English that describes a person or an object which possesses similar characteristics to the thing we are trying to describe. </p> <p>For example, <em>"He has a heart of stone."</em> is a metaphor used to describe someone who has no feelings or empathy towards others. </p> <p>So, now that you are clear on what a metaphor is I am going to show you some very useful ones that you can use in business to describe certain situations. </p> <p>As always, I will give you the expression and then the meaning, as well as an example sentence to help you understand the context. </p> <p>Let's jump to it. </p>