German Meaning of dead metaphor
tote Metapher
Other German words related to tote Metapher
Nearest Words of dead metaphor
- dead nettle => Taubnessel
- dead on target => Mitten ins Schwarze
- dead person => Toter
- dead reckoning => Geschätzte Position
- dead ringer => perfekter Doppelgänger
- dead room => Toter Raum
- dead sea => Totes Meer
- dead sea scrolls => Schriftrollen vom Toten Meer
- dead set => entschlossen
- dead soul => tote Seele
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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tote Metapher
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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No antonyms found.
dead march => Trauermarsch, dead mail => Unzustellbare Post, dead load => Eigengewicht, dead letter => Toter Brief, dead language => Tote Sprache,
