a parable
Examples
Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.
Every perfect life is a parable invented by God.
Christ does not save us by acting a parable of divine love; he acts the parable of divine love by saving us. That is the Christian faith.
Oh, I get it," I said. "It's a parable. Cute. Let's go eat.
When I am writing anything in general, I just want to tell the story that exists in my head; I don't try to write a parable or make a point.
It is a parable of pure capitalism, never jam today and a case of jam tomorrow; but as any of the Smiths will tell you, anyone who has ever sold IBM has regretted it.