dead metaphor,
frozen 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')
mixed metaphor a combination of two or more metaphors that together produce a ridiculous effect
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Wiktionary
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metaphor -
The use of a word or phrase to refer to something that it isn’t, invoking a direct similarity between the word or phrase used and the thing described, but in the case of English without the words like or as, which would imply a simile.
metaphor -
The word or phrase used in this way. An implied comparison.
Wikipedia
Metaphor is the concept of understanding one thing in terms of another. A metaphor is a figure of speech that constructs an analogy between two things or ideas; the analogy is conveyed by the use of a metaphorical word in place of some other word. For example: "Her eyes were glistening jewels".
OmegaWiki Dictionary
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metaphor A figure of speech in which an expression is used which refers to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a likeness or comparison.
