Canadian English Meaning of dead metaphor
dead metaphor
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Definitions and Meaning of dead metaphor in English
dead metaphor (n)
a metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression (e.g., `he is a snake' may once have been a metaphor but after years of use it has died and become a new sense of the word `snake')
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dead metaphor
a metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression (e.g., `he is a snake' may once have been a metaphor but after years of
analogy,Code word,euphemism,Metaphor,Simile,circumlocution ,crank,conceit,device,mixed metaphor
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dead march => Dead March, dead mail => Dead mail, dead load => Dead load, dead letter => Dead letter, dead language => Dead language,
