dead metaphor

dead·me·tap·hor

uncommon

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'')

Synonyms

dead language dead letter dead load dead mail dead march dead nettle dead on target dead person dead reckoning dead ringer

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