an elaborate or fanciful way of expressing something"it's raining cats and dogs" is just a colorful metaphor and not a meteorological announcement
"it's raining cats and dogs" is just a colorful metaphor and not a meteorological announcement
conceit
deviceanalogy, circumlocution, code word, crank, dead metaphor, euphemism, similecatachresis, mixed metaphor
figure of speech
in the 15th century
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