dead metaphors

plural of dead metaphor

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dead metaphors
Noun
  • Create 5 different metaphors or analogies that would make this idea immediately clear to THIS specific client based on their background and references.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • There are countless metaphors used to describe the craft of translation, and one is of carrying something—meaning, in essence—from one place to another.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Create 5 different metaphors or analogies that would make this idea immediately clear to THIS specific client based on their background and references.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The Munich Agreement The Munich Agreement – the deal that ceded the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia to Adolf Hitler’s Germany in a bid to avert war in Europe — is the granddaddy of historical analogies.
    Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2025
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“Dead metaphors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dead%20metaphors. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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