mixed metaphor

English

Noun

mixed metaphor (plural mixed metaphors)

  1. (linguistics) An overreaching, contradictory or incongruous combination of two distinct metaphors, similes or idioms; for example, "He's made his bed, and now he'll have to see how the cookie crumbles".
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