have sole ownership / responsibility etc phrase Sole at flatfish self-organized learning environment: a method of education in which groups of children learn independently using computers connected to the Internet Synonyms and related words
Definition. A dead metaphor is traditionally defined as a figure of speech that has lost its force and imaginative effectiveness through frequent use. Also known as a frozen metaphor or a historical metaphor. Contrast with creative metaphor.
In historical onomasiology or in historical linguistics, a metaphor is defined as a semantic change based on a similarity in form or function between the original concept named by a word and the target concept named by this word.