Dead metaphor: Revision history

18 July 2024

• curprev 23:3523:35, 18 July 2024 Wolfdog talk contribs 4,555 bytes +2 →Examples: broken record is far more common; see ngrams undo

21 October 2023

• curprev 23:4923:49, 21 October 2023 Tamfang talk contribs 4,553 bytes +67 →top undo

8 October 2023

• curprev 16:0616:06, 8 October 2023 Pyrrho the Skipper talk contribs 4,486 bytes +18 ce break out lead, subhead undo

2 April 2023

• curprev 19:2619:26, 2 April 2023 Tamfang talk contribs 4,468 bytes −99 →Examples: these two, if they can even be called metaphors, are so deep-rooted (see Lakoff) that they can never die undo

26 March 2023

• curprev 08:5708:57, 26 March 2023 Shantavira talk contribs 4,567 bytes −18 deleted non-example undo

25 March 2023

• curprev 11:4111:41, 25 March 2023 Card Zero talk contribs m 4,585 bytes 0 →Examples undo
• curprev 08:5408:54, 25 March 2023 Card Zero talk contribs m 4,585 bytes 0 →Examples: reordering last two because "to" should be ignored when sorting undo
• curprev 08:4408:44, 25 March 2023 Card Zero talk contribs m 4,585 bytes +23 →Examples: (paper tape) undo
• curprev 08:4208:42, 25 March 2023 Card Zero talk contribs 4,562 bytes +126 →Examples: +Three sheets to the wind undo
• curprev 08:3608:36, 25 March 2023 Card Zero talk contribs 4,436 bytes +48 →Examples: +hell-for-leather undo
• curprev 08:3108:31, 25 March 2023 Card Zero talk contribs 4,388 bytes +48 →Examples undo
• curprev 08:3008:30, 25 March 2023 Card Zero talk contribs 4,340 bytes +90 →Examples: + Parting shot undo
• curprev 08:2608:26, 25 March 2023 Card Zero talk contribs m 4,250 bytes +35 →Examples: beyond the pale undo
• curprev 08:2408:24, 25 March 2023 Card Zero talk contribs 4,215 bytes +221 →Examples: + Beyond the pale undo
• curprev 08:0908:09, 25 March 2023 Card Zero talk contribs 3,994 bytes +39 →Examples: Linking "stuck record" to Wiktionary. Also I added "Pull out all the stops" in the previous edit, forgot to say. undo
• curprev 08:0508:05, 25 March 2023 Card Zero talk contribs 3,955 bytes +92 →Examples undo
• curprev 08:0408:04, 25 March 2023 Card Zero talk contribs 3,863 bytes +90 →Examples undo
• curprev 07:5907:59, 25 March 2023 Card Zero talk contribs 3,773 bytes +57 →Examples: +Balls to the wall undo
• curprev 07:5807:58, 25 March 2023 Card Zero talk contribs 3,716 bytes +103 →Examples: Balls-out, + various #English and #Etymology section hooks on the wikt links undo
• curprev 07:5207:52, 25 March 2023 Card Zero talk contribs 3,613 bytes +189 →Examples: More refs undo
• curprev 07:3907:39, 25 March 2023 Card Zero talk contribs 3,424 bytes +210 →Examples: refs for Brand new, Deadline, Fly off the handle (using Wiktionary where possible, for convenience) undo
• curprev 07:3307:33, 25 March 2023 Card Zero talk contribs 3,214 bytes −19 →Examples: Removing "body of an essay" because "body" is used to mean "main section" in many contexts (emails, subroutines, cars) and is not particularly mysterious or a dead metaphor. undo
• curprev 07:2807:28, 25 March 2023 Card Zero talk contribs 3,233 bytes −28 →Examples: Removing "Face and hands on a clock" because although analog clocks are less popular, they're still available and a common sight - and anyway what's the metaphor? "Hands" do the job of pointing, the "face" is face-shaped and on the front. undo
• curprev 07:2107:21, 25 March 2023 Card Zero talk contribs m 3,261 bytes +1 →Examples: Missing ) undo
• curprev 07:2007:20, 25 March 2023 Card Zero talk contribs m 3,260 bytes −1 →Examples: alphabetized examples undo

20 February 2023

• curprev 19:0919:09, 20 February 2023 Omnipaedista talk contribs 3,261 bytes +1 see MOS:SECTIONORDER undo

24 August 2021

• curprev 21:2621:26, 24 August 2021 Musiconeologist talk contribs 3,260 bytes +74 No edit summary undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit Android app edit

23 December 2020

• curprev 04:0304:03, 23 December 2020 Mucketymuck talk contribs m 3,186 bytes −4 "Due to" is an adjective, not an adverb. undo

16 October 2020

• curprev 11:4511:45, 16 October 2020 No such user talk contribs 3,190 bytes −67 →top: rm aside about the play undo

21 September 2020

• curprev 19:0019:00, 21 September 2020 Hbarn08 talk contribs m 3,257 bytes +180 →Examples undo
• curprev 18:5418:54, 21 September 2020 Hbarn08 talk contribs m 3,077 bytes +163 →Examples undo

1 May 2020

• curprev 20:0620:06, 1 May 2020 MaxEnt talk contribs 2,914 bytes +6 thou shalt honour thy redirects undo

4 December 2017

• curprev 05:5105:51, 4 December 2017 Me, Myself, and I are Here talk contribs m 2,908 bytes 0 →top: LQ undo

12 June 2017

• curprev 16:0516:05, 12 June 2017 50.4.49.88 talk 2,908 bytes +436 No edit summary undo

15 December 2016

• curprev 21:4121:41, 15 December 2016 StarTrekker talk contribs 2,472 bytes −5 Undid revision 755029154 by 82.69.53.90 (talk) undo
• curprev 21:3321:33, 15 December 2016 82.69.53.90 talk 2,477 bytes +5 Typo undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

8 November 2016

• curprev 02:1802:18, 8 November 2016 101.98.83.121 talk 2,472 bytes +30 Added context to the given example. undo Tag: Visual edit

30 October 2016

• curprev 01:1501:15, 30 October 2016 Bender the Bot talk contribs m 2,442 bytes +1 →top: http→https for Google Books and Google News using AWB undo

15 November 2015

• curprev 10:1410:14, 15 November 2015 67.170.238.88 talk 2,441 bytes 0 No edit summary undo

27 October 2015

• curprev 03:3903:39, 27 October 2015 IacobusAmor talk contribs m 2,441 bytes +1 Merriam, not Miriam undo

21 October 2015

• curprev 20:3420:34, 21 October 2015 130.15.34.126 talk 2,440 bytes +14 added stub tag undo

16 July 2015

• curprev 23:0523:05, 16 July 2015 Georgelazenby talk contribs 2,426 bytes −469 No edit summary undo

9 January 2015

• curprev 01:3901:39, 9 January 2015 68.5.82.239 talk 2,895 bytes +3 No edit summary undo

2 December 2014

• curprev 06:4906:49, 2 December 2014 174.7.15.248 talk 2,892 bytes −174 "Running water" is not a dead metaphor. It is not a metaphor at all. The Old English noun ryne, from which run is derived, meant "a flowing, a course, a watercourse." undo

20 November 2014

• curprev 14:2214:22, 20 November 2014 Cornellier talk contribs 3,066 bytes −26 →top: fix dead link undo
• curprev 13:2813:28, 20 November 2014 Cornellier talk contribs 3,092 bytes +12 →top: it's a figure of speech undo
• curprev 13:1813:18, 20 November 2014 Cornellier talk contribs m 3,080 bytes −1 Spelling/grammar correction undo
• curprev 13:1413:14, 20 November 2014 Cornellier talk contribs 3,081 bytes +68 →top: add George F. Walker undo
• curprev 13:1013:10, 20 November 2014 Cornellier talk contribs m 3,013 bytes −178 remove external link already in references undo
• curprev 13:0913:09, 20 November 2014 Cornellier talk contribs 3,191 bytes +174 →Examples: add ref'd undo