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mixed metaphor

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mixed metaphor
n.
A succession of incongruous metaphors, as in The negotiator played his cards to the hilt.
mixed metaphor
n
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a combination of incongruous metaphors, as when the Nazi jackboots sing their swan song
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Noun1.mixed metaphor - a combination of two or more metaphors that together produce a ridiculous effect
metaphor - a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
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