 dead_metaphor |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (rhetoric) 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') | |
| Synonyms: | frozen_metaphor | |
| Related terms: | metaphor | |
| Similar spelling: |
dead_on_target |
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