英语词汇“dead metaphor”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

dead metaphor

释义

Noun: 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')
- frozen metaphor

Derived forms: dead metaphors

Type of: metaphor

Encyclopedia: Dead metaphor

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