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Noun Concept
SYL
No term available
EN
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 WordNet 3.0
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IS A
EN
trope
EN
Rhetorical device
HAS KIND
EN
dead metaphor
EN
mixed metaphor
EN
synesthetic metaphor
Parabolă
EN
smoke and mirrors
+6 relations
HAS INSTANCE
EN
alphabet soup
EN
scapegrace
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burning bush
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dark horse
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glass ceiling
+67 relations
DERIVATION
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metaphorical
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
EN
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
EN
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
DIFFERENT FROM
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metonymy
FACET OF
SV
bildspråk

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