Definitions from Wiktionary (dead metaphor)
▸ noun: (linguistics) A former metaphor which has in effect lost its metaphorical status and become literal.
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▸ noun: (linguistics) A former metaphor which has in effect lost its metaphorical status and become literal.
Similar:
frozen metaphor,
dead letter,
dead leg,
dead language,
dead-end,
empty words,
dead-leg,
dry hole,
death,
meterlessness,
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