I watch this Zoe bee video a little over a month ago. Talking about how we use metaphors to grasp abstract concepts, how we use it in our daily life and how we use as map, in our politics and so on. Something imo she didn’t focus enough is the metaphor we forget were ever metaphors(fun fact: the word “metaphor” has the world “meta”). This use one here, its like the three fishes with water. You see it so much you forgot it ever existed.
“Figuring something out”
“Finding something out”
“Discovering something”
“Break that down for me”
“Empty nesters”
“Building a case”
“Play your part”
“Influenza”
“Lunatic”
“Hysterical”
“Barbaric”
“Romantic”
Words that literally refer to mythological characters of literature but metaphorically have a meaning relating to aspects of those characters:
“Venereal”
“Hermaphrodite”
“Aphrodisiac”
“Quixotic”
“Tantalizing”
“Chaos”
“Herculean task”
“Narcissist”
“Oedipus complex”
“Atlas”
“Cloth”
“Echo”
“Erotic”
“Fortune”
“Jovial”
“Martial”
“Mercurial”
“Panic”
“Mentor”
“Office siren”
“Titanic”
Bugs Bunny singlehandedly changed the meaning of “Nimrod” because people don’t understand sarcasm.
Do you have a source for that?