2 Metaphors for practical

If we divorce the practical from the sublime, the practical will become the superficial, and will degenerate into a very lean and forceless thing.

The leaders of his party may have admired and praised his oratory, but they wanted something more practical than orations,they wanted the control of men; and so, too, the government demanded a code which would exact the esteem of lawyers and meet the wants of India rather than a composition which would read well.

2 Metaphors for  practical