#metaphor  a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
  supertype:  #trope__figureofspeech__figure__image  language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
  subtype:  #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')
  subtype:  #mixed_metahor__mixedmetahor  a combination of two or more metaphors that together produce a ridiculous effect
  subtype:  #synesthetic_metaphor__synestheticmetaphor  a metaphor that exploits a similarity between experiences in different sense modalities

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