Can a metaphor retain its imagery despite of the changing of the reference word, the first time it is used or the thousandth?

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Not attempting to defend the vividness of the image, it is still possible to note that no matter how "worn down" the metaphor is, it remains a metaphor because the connection to the class remains.

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