Metaphor:INEFFICIENT GOVERNMENT IS A BLOATED BODY

Name Gloss	INEFFICIENT GOVERNMENT IS A BLOATED BODY
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Metaphor Level
Metaphor Type	Composed/complex
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Excess body weight Roles:
Target Frame	Government Roles:governor, jurisdiction_region, governed, governed_activity, governing_powers, source_of_powers, governing_actions, constraints_on_governing_actions, legitimacy, governor_objectives

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Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	INEFFICIENT GOVERNMENT IS A BLOATED BODY
Relation Type	is an entailment of
Related Metaphor	GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION IS A BODY
Description

Entailments:

Examples:

Example Text:	Tax Revolt: The Rebellion Against an Overbearing, Bloated, Arrogant, and Abusive Government
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English Translation:
Provenance:	books.google.com
Annotation:	title of book by Phil Valentine
Comments:

Example Text:	Tom Barrett: Put state government on a diet Read more: http://host.madison.com/news/opinion/column/tom-barrett-put-state-government-on-a-diet/article_cfed9ada-48cd-5532-a987-ca98a6abce99.html#ixzz2McMwnY5d
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English Translation:
Provenance:	Read more: http://host.madison.com/news/opinion/column/tom-barrett-put-state-government-on-a-diet/article_cfed9ada-48cd-5532-a987-ca98a6abce99.html#ixzz2McMwnY5d
Annotation:
Comments:	There are tons of these government diet examples.

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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

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n1 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n3 [label="Democratic government" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Democratic_government" fontsize="10.0" ];

n3 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n4 [label="Election" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Election" fontsize="10.0" ];

n4 -> n2 [label = "is related to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; n5 [label="Governing action" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Governing_action" fontsize="10.0" ];

n5 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n6 [label="Government institution" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Government_institution" fontsize="10.0" ];

n6 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n7 [label="Government legitimacy" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Government_legitimacy" fontsize="10.0" ];

n7 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n8 [label="Political region" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Political_region" fontsize="10.0" ];

n8 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n9 [label="Tyranny" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Tyranny" fontsize="10.0" ];

n9 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n10 [label="Authority" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Authority" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n10 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ];

n2 -> n8 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ];

n2 -> n6 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n11 [label="Trust relationship" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Trust_relationship" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n11 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n12 [label="Organization" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Organization" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n12 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }

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n1 -> n2 [label = "is an entailment of" fontsize="8.0" color="orange" ]; }

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n1 -> n2 [label = "is related to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; n3 [label="Body weight" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Body_weight" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n3 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n4 [label="Increase size" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Increase_size" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n4 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }