Traditional Chinese Meaning of dead metaphor

隱喻

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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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隱喻

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

類比,密碼,委婉語,比喻,比喻,迂迴表達 ,曲柄,自負,設備,混合比喻

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dead march => 輓歌, dead mail => 死信, dead load => 靜載, dead letter => 死信, dead language => 死語言,