Yes , on in 3 min . <| sep |> No , it ' s opposite . Gas is expensive in Europe , not cheap in the US , look at the map prices # 20163 UnitedStatesUSDg <| sep |> Plus the Gift of the Gods <| sep |> Oh , yes , I do know what it means . The key is in the 2 nd and 3 rd words , It ' s like . It ' s like sets up the metaphor , comparing something as ' like ' something else . In this case , the show , Mad Men as it was intended , what the writers wanted to convey , the stories they wanted to tell was like a Mad Man where the point was to illustrate that men drank at work . etc . It ' s not a dramatic metaphor like bananas are a lot like life , but it ' s a metaphor nonetheless . From google A thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else . Again , the ' thing ' is the actual show , and the symbolism is of a show that has a point to only demonstrate sexism and drinking . Metaphor .