English Explanatory Dictionary

mixed metaphor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An overreaching, contradictory or incongruous combination of two distinct metaphors, similes or idioms.

Word forms

mixed metaphor mixed metaphors

Related words

malaphor
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