have sole ownership / responsibility etc phrase Sole at flatfish self-organized learning environment: a method of education in which groups of children learn independently using computers connected to the Internet Synonyms and related words
Definition. A dead metaphor is traditionally defined as a figure of speech that has lost its force and imaginative effectiveness through frequent use. Also known as a frozen metaphor or a historical metaphor. Contrast with creative metaphor.
When, as with computers, product complexity is high and diagnostics are involved, the medical metaphor is perhaps appropriate, as complex diagnostics might be required to determine if the product is really dead. In another context, dead on arrival may be used to describe an idea or product that is considered to be fundamentally flawed, and therefore viewed as an utter failure from the start. References