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单词 to strain a metaphor
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to strain a metaphor
e. to strain a metaphor (see quot. 1783).
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to strain a metaphor1783
1783 H. Blair Lect. Rhetoric I. xv. 313 If the resemblance..be long dwelt upon, and carried into all its minute circumstances we make an allegory instead of a metaphor... This is called straining a Metaphor.
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