meaning of dead metaphor
1. 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
1. 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