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The occurrence of implicit metaphor without imaginative metaphor.
Against a theory requiring a hypothetical imagined object as the sole clue, one may cite constructions where the hidden likeness is marked by an action or relation rather than by a nonexistent anatomical part.
Yet defenders of a broader notion of imagination may reply that the action itself is imaginatively attributed to the subject. The dispute cannot be resolved without checking whether the two sides use “imaginative metaphor” in exactly the same technical sense.