mixed metaphors

plural of mixed metaphor

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Noun
  • Some analysts are forecasting the company to raise prices on its devices even after all Cook has done to avoid the worst of the tariffs.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
  • All devices are slated for release in Europe shortly, and Roborock says that the robot lawn mowers will come to the US eventually.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Create 5 different metaphors or analogies that would make this idea immediately clear to THIS specific client based on their background and references.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The Munich Agreement The Munich Agreement – the deal that ceded the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia to Adolf Hitler’s Germany in a bid to avert war in Europe — is the granddaddy of historical analogies.
    Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2025
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“Mixed metaphors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mixed%20metaphors. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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