English
Detailed Synonyms for dead metaphor in English
dead metaphor:
dead metaphor [the ~] noun
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the dead metaphor
– 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') 1the frozen metaphor; the dead metaphor– 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') 1