mixed metaphor

English

Noun

Examples
until the cows freeze over

mixed metaphor (plural mixed metaphors)

(linguistics) An overreaching, contradictory or incongruous combination of two distinct metaphors, similes or idioms.

Translations

Translations

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: ontuva vertausten yhdistelmä, ontuva vertaus (not necessarily a combination)
French: métaphore mixte f
German: verknüpfte Metaphern f pl
Polish: mieszana metafora f
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

See also

malaphor

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