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Mixed metaphor   /mɪkst mˈɛtəfɔr/   Listen
Mixed metaphor

noun
1.
A combination of two or more metaphors that together produce a ridiculous effect.





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"Mixed metaphor" Quotes from Famous Books



... Zoe, mixed metaphor and all, who at seventeen kept Doll's House, Freud, Anna Karenina, and Ellen Key on the ...
— Star-Dust • Fannie Hurst


Words linked to "Mixed metaphor" :   metaphor


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