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is "to feed money" in "to feed money into the machine" a metaphor/figurative expression or an idiom?
is "to feed money" in "to feed money into the machine" a metaphor/figurative expression or an idiom?
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It's a figurative expression. You're 'feeding money" into the machine just like you may feed a dog. English is cool like that
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