Metaphoric criticism
English figure of speech
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Metaphor
Figure of speech of implicit comparison
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Aesopian language
Communications intended for insiders of a group
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Irrelevant conclusion
Type of informal fallacy
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Touchstone (metaphor)
Measure to test a metaphorical concept
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Metaphorical extension
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Dead metaphor
Figure of speech which has lost its original imagery
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Albatross (metaphor)
Metaphorical psychological burden
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Milking the bull
Proverb indicating a fruitless task
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Doggy style
Sex position
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Teaching grandmother to suck eggs
English idiom
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As easy as pie
Idiom
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Beefsteak Nazi
Communists and socialists who joined the Nazi Party
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Domino effect
Cumulative effect produced when one event sets off a chain of other events
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Snowball effect
Metaphorical term for a process that builds upon itself
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Point of no return
Point beyond which turning back is no longer possible
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Fork in the road (metaphor)
Metaphor for making a decision
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Roof of the World
Epithet for the mountainous interior of Asia
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Flagship
Vessel used by naval commanding officer
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