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▸ adjective: Not used in a literal sense, but as the subject of a well-known metaphor.
▸ adjective: Widely known; famous; stereotypical.
▸ noun: (euphemistic) Used to replace a word that might be considered unacceptable in a particular situation, when using a well-known phrase.
▸ noun: (euphemistic, in the plural) The groin or the testicles.
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known,
proverblike,
fabulistic,
fablelike,
parablelike,
fairy-tale,
talelike,
fairy-talelike,
idiomatic,
fairytalelike,
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