When using an expression in a secondary or absolute sense, part of the intention, the point, is to give an image of the life with the expression that we need to have (sometimes for a particular purpose, sometimes more generally). BUT, and this is crucial, it is also part of the intention in such cases that we don’t have such a life with the expression. In this sense, using an expression in a secondary or an absolute sense is nonsense.
Using language that is essentially figurative does not reveal a way of making sense of a situation any more than it reveals the way—the particular way—in which the situation escapes our ability to make sense of it.
In other words:, when using an expression in a secondary or absolute sense, meaning is detached from use. In such cases we have only an image of language, and using an expression in a secondary or absolute sense is thus not playing a language game.
There is no such thing as 'the language-game of secondary or absolute use.' That's the WHOLE POINT of such uses.