Canadian French Meaning of dead metaphor

métaphore morte

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Definitions and Meaning of dead metaphor in English

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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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métaphore morte

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

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dead march => Marche funèbre, dead mail => Courrier mort, dead load => Charge morte, dead letter => Lettre morte, dead language => Langue morte,