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'). Synonym: frozen metaphor.
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Words linked to "Dead metaphor" : frozen metaphor, metaphor |
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