Editing Dead metaphor (section)

==Examples==
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* [[wikt:balls-out#English|Balls-out]] (in reference to a [[centrifugal governor]])
* [[wikt:balls_to_the_wall#Etymology|Balls to the wall]] (in reference to grips on aircraft controls)
* [[wikt:brand new#Etymology|Brand new]]
* Beyond the pale<ref name="BBC Culture">{{cite web|title=The words that help us understand the world|url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20200710-the-words-that-stretch-how-we-think|website=BBC Culture|accessdate=25 March 2023}}</ref> (in reference to a boundary fence)
* [[Brass monkey (colloquialism)|Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey]]
* Cut! (in film)
* [[wikt:deadline#Etymology|Deadline]]
* Fly off the handle<ref>{{cite web|title=handle|url=https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=handle|website=Online Etymology Dictionary|accessdate=25 March 2023}}</ref> (in reference to an ax head)
* [[wikt:footage#Etymology|Footage]] (in film)
* [[wikt:glove compartment#English|Glove compartment]]
* [[wikt:go belly up#Etymology|Go belly up]]
* Hang up the phone
* Go [[wikt:hell-for-leather|hell-for-leather]] (refers to horse riding)
* Hold your horses
* Let one's hair down<ref>{{cite web|title=Let Your Hair Down – Idiom, Meaning and Origin|url=https://grammarist.com/idiom/let-ones-hair-down|accessdate=8 January 2025}}</ref>
* [[wikt:three sheets to the wind|Three sheets to the wind]] (refers to a storm-tossed sailing ship)
* To take a parting shot<ref name="BBC Culture" /> ([[Parthian shot]])
* [[Patch_(computing)#History|Patching code]] (refers to paper tape)
* [[wikt:pull out all the stops#Etymology|Pull out all the stops]] (in reference to a [[pipe organ]])
* [[wikt:rewind#Verb|Rewind]] (in reference to [[magnetic tape]])
* Roll up the window
* Sound like a [[wikt:broken record#English|broken record]]
* To [[wikt:tape#Verb|tape]] something (to record)
* Time is running out (in reference to an hourglass)<ref>{{cite web|title=dead metaphor|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dead%20metaphor|website=Merriam-Webster|accessdate=20 November 2014}}</ref>