Figure of speech using indirect reference

Brewer's dictionary of phrase & fable / revised by John Ayto.

Dictionary of historical allusions & eponyms / Dorothy Auchter.

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Brewer's dictionary of phrase & fable / revised by John Ayto.

Dictionary of historical allusions & eponyms / Dorothy Auchter.