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单词 mixed metaphor
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mixed metaphor
noun[C]
uk
/ˌmɪkst ˈmet.ə.fɔːr/us
/ˌmɪkst ˈmet̬.ə.fɔːr/
acombinationof two or more differentmetaphors, oftenproducingasillyorhumorouseffect:
（常产生愚蠢、滑稽效果的）混合隐喻
"The newjobhasallowedher tospreadherwingsand reallyblossom," is amixedmetaphor.“新工作让她能展开翅膀、真正绽放”是一个混合隐喻。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Figurative use of language
  • a metaphor forsomethingidiom
  • allegorically
  • allusion
  • anthropomorphic
  • anthropomorphize
  • figurative
  • figure of speech
  • idiom
  • ironic
  • metaphor
  • metaphorical
  • metonymy
  • mix
  • non-literal
  • non-metaphorical
  • pathetic fallacy
  • so to speakidiom
  • speak
  • symbol
  • trope
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(Definition ofmixed metaphorfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmixed metaphor

mixed metaphor
Reasonable and unreasonable worlds: some expectations of coherence in culture implied by the prohibition ofmixedmetaphor.
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Is that amixedmetaphorabout bones?
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It would be a mistake to believe that everything in the attendance allowance garden—an awfulmixedmetaphor—is working nicely and smoothly.
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That might be a rather badlymixedmetaphor, but it is appropriate.
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I have to use amixedmetaphorto explain how this problem strikes me.
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In fact, there is a via media, if that is not too much of amixedmetaphor.
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When it comes to ship repairing it is, to excuse themixedmetaphor, a horse of another colour.
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However, by so doing he drew the more attention, if he will forgive themixedmetaphor, to the dog that did not bark.
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I thought that themixedmetaphorin the title might imply muddled thinking.
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To say that it sank without trace would be to use amixedmetaphor.
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They may take land which will be—to use amixedmetaphor—a white elephant to them for many years to come.
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To use amixedmetaphor, we cannot be fair-weather environmentalists.
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That is amixedmetaphor.
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My finalmixedmetaphoris this.
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I refer to the people who are washed up on the beach as a result of the steamroller having gone through—now there is a wonderfulmixedmetaphor!
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