metaphor : Idioms & Phrases
dead metaphor
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noun 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')
dead metaphor.
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frozen metaphor
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noun 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')
dead metaphor.
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mixed metaphor
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noun a combination of two or more metaphors that together produce a ridiculous effect
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synesthetic metaphor
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noun a metaphor that exploits a similarity between experiences in different sense modalities
