metaphor?

sometimes, what and the way how people said it to describe certain thing are very interesting, and is funny too :)

It is also telling when one hears a middle-class Chinese lady saying:.” “If there is no rocket (DAP) around, yue liang dai piao wo de xin (the moon (PAS) represents my heart)"
from theedgedaily "Malaysians break trend of voting for BN in mixed constituencies"

“There will be some panic selling. Some people will be irrational enough to dump the baby with the bath tub. If it becomes a crisis, there will be an opportunity,” he said.
from theedgedaily "Silver lining amidst election blues"