mixed metaphor

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Recent Examples on the Web Yeah, that's probably a mixed metaphor, or actually a simile. Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 21 Jan. 2011 Fair warning: What follows is a mixed metaphor palooza. Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2013 The triple-mixed metaphor says it all: Licht & Co. are struggling with the intractable problem of how to square the CNN brand’s promise — straight news — with the entertainment imperatives of nighttime television. Erik Wemple, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2022 Excuse the mixed metaphor, but the Viper feels like a great white shark on the road. WSJ, 3 Dec. 2022 Yes, a mixed metaphor, but that essentially is what has been in play to this stage. Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2022 Those smoldering embers of shortcomings, now and particularly in the postseason, always hover — a mixed metaphor, admittedly — over some and consistently haunt others. Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Jan. 2022 Eye strain, like neck, back, or wrist strain, is nothing to be sneezed at, to use a very mixed metaphor. Maria Shine Stewart, cleveland, 28 Sep. 2020 Chloe mixed metaphors while describing herself as not smart. Neha Prakash, Marie Claire, 18 Apr. 2020

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