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MIXED METAPHOR
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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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