mixed metaphor

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Recent Examples of mixed metaphor 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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Noun
  • Many of our emotion terms are references to states of the body—we’re downcast, bent out of shape, head over heels, shaken up, down in the mouth—which have slowly rigidified into dead metaphor.
    Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
  • This shift reminds us that dead metaphors aren’t always terminally dead.
    Rob Nixon, Smithsonian, 23 Mar. 2018
Noun
  • As Jamie divulges the details of the enterprise, including the special code words staff must use in the presence of The Butcher, Cooper gets increasingly nervous.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Kingsley suggests having a code word with your friends and family to verify their identity.
    Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 4 June 2024
Noun
  • The media has deployed every euphemism imaginable to describe the former president’s public usage of bad words like ****, **** and ****.
    Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
  • But the rest has been, in the British political euphemism of the moment, missteps.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Later, when asked about his evolution as a coach, Harbaugh described himself as open to change and used a mall-entrance simile to make his point.
    Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2024
  • As the simile suggests, the pen could be used as a weapon, producing militant verses that would advance the nationalist cause.
    Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • So there's no doubt that there is sort of an arms race or a Cold War, like, pick your analogy.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
  • But the analogy to the entertainment industry breaks apart on the matter of what the fans are paying for.
    Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2024

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