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俚语 metaphorception
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Metaphorception

To create a metaphor within the structure of another metaphor.
P- "changing phone is like moving house"
G -"better give me your number before you lose it in all those moving boxes"
P - "you'll have to work to get it, here help me with those boxes"
G - "next thing you know I'll be your handyman"
P - "you're digging yourself a hole"
G - "throw me that shovel I want to go deeper"
P - "might as well get a digger while you're at it"

Metaphorception is the creation of a metaphor within another metaphor.
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