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A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. e.g., "Her eyes were glistening jewels."

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Are there metaphoric English expressions meaning “keeping composure at a fatal moment, never...

Something like balls of steel (if we are talking about informal speech).
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