MIXED METAPHOR

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("mixed metaphor" is a kind of...):

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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