Theories Are Cloth

- 1 A finely woven theory.

- 2 The very fabric of the theory.

- 3 The theory fell apart at the seams.

- 4 It was a patchwork/crazy quilt of a theoruy.

Source Domain
cloth, clothing

Target Domain
theories

Theories Are Clothing For Facts

-- 1 The theory fit the data nicely.

-- 2 Let's look at the naked facts.

-- 3 The theory seems tailor-made for our data.

-- 4 They cloaked the facts in a fancy theory.

-- 5 There aren't enough facts to hang that theory on.

-- 6 These facts really stretch the theory.

JE and AG

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