mitl chimalli.

Headword: 
mitl chimalli.
Principal English Translation: 

a metaphor of war, battle (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

mitl chimalli. guerra, o batalla. metaphora.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 57r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

See an image that represents mitl chimalli in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).

themes: 
Metaphors, Proverbs, Riddles
War, Conflict