It has nothing to do with trees. It’s not a metaphor. It’s just a nice little euphemism to avoid saying “she died from having half her head blown off by a bullet” or “he died from blood loss after his limbs got blown off by an IED.” I don’t know why you’re hung up on trees or metaphors.
It has nothing to do with trees. It’s not a metaphor. It’s just a nice little euphemism to avoid saying “she died from having half her head blown off by a bullet” or “he died from blood loss after his limbs got blown off by an IED.” I don’t know why you’re hung up on trees or metaphors.
Euphemism is a form of metaphor.