Swedish Meaning of dead metaphor

död metafor

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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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död metafor

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 => Sorgmarsch, dead mail => Död post, dead load => Dödbetyg, dead letter => Dött brev, dead language => Dött språk,