Russian Meaning of dead metaphor

мёртвая метафора

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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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мёртвая метафора

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 => Траурный марш, dead mail => Мертвая почта, dead load => Собственная масса, dead letter => Мертвая буква, dead language => Мёртвый язык,