ExpressionSubjectMain rhetorical feature
Claws of deathDeathPredatory feature imagined for death
Hand of the north windWindBodily limb ascribed to a non-bodily agent
They purchased errorChoosing errorTransferred use of a commercial act
Their trade made no profitResult of that choiceExtension of the commercial image
Distinguishing transferred words, imaginative attributions, and reinforcing details prevents multiple incompatible definitions from being collapsed into one account.