ويسمى التشبيه المضمر في النفس استعارة بالكناية أو مكنيا عنها
This mentally concealed comparison is called implicit metaphor, or a metaphor indicated indirectly.
Under this formulation, the locus of implicit metaphor is the unspoken comparison through which the target is mentally treated as belonging with a source image. The stated word “death” retains its familiar reference, while a special associated property reveals the underlying comparison.
The word “kināyah” here should not simply be equated with every kind of ordinary rhetorical allusion. The present mechanism specifically withholds the overt source name and guides the listener to that source through one of its distinctive attributes.