Example of Metaphor about life
All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players
All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages.
At first, the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.

Metaphorical Sense
Life is an instantiation of a predetermined sequence of events
Original Sense
The stage of a theatre