WordNet: 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')

• hypernym metaphor

dead metaphor

• (suomi) väljähtynyt metafora (synonyymi)

frozen metaphor

• (suomi) kuvallisen merkityksensä menettänyt kielikuva (synonyymi)