Categories: Comparisons
An example of simile used in pulic science discourse:
"And the innate immune system is a bit like a, it's a bit like an antiviral software that we are all born with that fights infection."
Dr James Kinross
Dr James Kinross, Senior Lecturer in Colorectal Surgery and a Consultant Surgeon at Imperial College London, was speaking on an episode ('Allergies and the Microbiome') of BBC Radio 4's 'Start the Week'
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