Metaphor:ENTITLEMENT HOLDERS ARE LEECHES

Name Gloss	ENTITLEMENT HOLDERS ARE LEECHES
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Metaphor Level
Metaphor Type	Composed/complex
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Parasite Roles:
Target Frame	Impoverished Roles:experiencer, economic_state, impoverishment, state_x-schema

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Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	ENTITLEMENT HOLDERS ARE LEECHES
Relation Type	is a target subcase of
Related Metaphor	EXPLOITATION OF RESOURCES IS A PARASITIC INFECTION
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Example Text:	The welfare queens will suck this nation's coffers dry.
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Example Text:	The "takers" in this society are leeches on the success of job creators.
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Graph of related metaphors:

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• Metaphors
• Source frame

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n1 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n3 [label="Poverty" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Poverty" fontsize="10.0" ];

n1 -> n3 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n4 [label="Experiencing an economic status" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Experiencing_an_economic_status" fontsize="10.0" ];

n1 -> n4 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }

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n1 -> n2 [label = "is a target subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }

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n1 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }