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dead metaphor

n.
1.a metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression (e.g., `he is a snake' may once have been a metaphor but after years of use it has died and become a new sense of the word `snake')

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    go around in circles
    to do something without making any progress
    My friend is going around in circles and is not making any progress with his essay.



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