Dead Metaphor

亡隐喻

A dead metaphor is one which, like “the leg of a table”, has been used so long and become so common that its users have ceased to be aware of the discrepancy between vehicle and tenor.

亡隐喻指的是如“桌子的腿”这样一类因长期使用而变得司空见惯，以致使用者不会意识到喻矢和喻的之间差异的比喻语。