Beating a dead metaphor
In the NY Times today:
Push to Ban New York Carriage Horses Gains Steam
Fowler warns that dead metaphors can suddenly come alive in the right context -- "zombie metaphors"? The image of adding steam power to the carriage horses is irresistible.
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