mixed metaphor en · NOUN
Meanings
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An overreaching, contradictory or incongruous combination of two distinct metaphors, similes or idioms.
This is just what the world sounds like now. This is how everything has chosen to speak. Mixed metaphors and empty sincerity.
2025 December 3, Sam Kriss, “Why Does A.I. Write Like … That?”, in The New York Times Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2025:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mixed metaphors | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (7)
fi ontuva vertaus (Translations) · de verknüpfte Metaphern (Translations) · cmn 混合隱喻 /混合隐喻 (Translations) · de schiefes Bild (Translations) · fr métaphore mixte (Translations) · fi ontuva vertausten yhdistelmä (Translations) · pl mieszana metafora (Translations)