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A dead metaphor is a figure of speech which has lost its original imagery of its meaning due to extension, repetitive, and popular usage. Because dead metaphors have conventional meanings that differ from the original, they can be understood without knowing their earlier connotation.
One which has become so overused, it is considered unfashionable or lacking in eloquence to use in effect.
'body of an essay.”
That would be because the 'body’ was initially an expression that drew on the metaphorical image of human anatomy. As a dead metaphor, 'body of an essay' literally means the main part of an essay, and no longer suggests anything new. In that sense, 'body of an essay' is no longer a metaphor, but merely a literal statement of fact, or a 'dead metaphor.'"
(Michael P. Marks, The Prison as Metaphor. Peter Lang, 2004)