(linguistics) A former metaphor which has in effect lost its metaphorical status and become literal. Not to be confused with stale metaphor (a type of cliché), although it often is.

(linguistics) An overreaching, contradictory or incongruous combination of two distinct metaphors, similes or idioms.

plural of mixed metaphor

(linguistics) The understanding of one idea or conceptual domain in terms of another.

plural of extended metaphor

plural of conceptual metaphor

plural of dead metaphor

The quality of being metaphorical.