MIXED METAPHOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mixed metaphor mean? 

• MIXED METAPHOR (noun)
  The noun MIXED METAPHOR has 1 sense:

1. a combination of two or more metaphors that together produce a ridiculous effect

  Familiarity information: MIXED METAPHOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MIXED METAPHOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A combination of two or more metaphors that together produce a ridiculous effect

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("mixed metaphor" is a kind of...):

metaphor (a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity)