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Visual representation of a phraseological image may convey implicit messages that are not directly expressed in text. This instantiation is a case of concurrent visual and verbal allusion. Interesting aspect of visual representation is the visual development of figurative meaning.
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See Satcor Report on International Conference “Stop Money Laundering” (2002).
Dictionaries give two meanings of a black eye – direct and figurative: (1) a discoloration of the skin around the eye; (2) (fig.) defeat, rebuff, heavy blow, failure (Kunin 1967a: 294; Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary 2009; Oxford English Dictionary 2009).
A family (fruit) tree – a fruit tree bearing different varieties of the same fruit grafted on to it (Chambers 20th Century Dictionary [1983] 1987: 455).
For more on use of several tropes working together in natural language, see Gibbs ([1994] 1999: 449–454). For concurrent use of stylistic techniques in phraseological instantiations, see Naciscione (1976: 160–180); Ch. 5.3 of this book.
For a discussion of the verbal and visual potential of this proverb, see Mieder (1993: 133–149).