Portuguese Meaning of dead metaphor
metáfora morta
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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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metáfora morta
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
analogia,Palavra-código,eufemismo,Metáfora,Comparação,circunloquio ,biela,vaidade,dispositivo,metáfora mista
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dead march => Marcha fúnebre, dead mail => Correio morto, dead load => Carga morta, dead letter => Carta morta, dead language => Língua morta,
