Engelsk substantiv: dead metaphor | |||
1. | dead metaphor (om kommunikasjon) 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') | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | frozen metaphor | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | metaphor | ||