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Mixed metaphor has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

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

2

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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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
metaphor
Rhyming Words
hor chor thor shor khor abhor ichor ephor johor luthor author amthor phthor rethor hathor senhor anchor anaphor biophor camphor
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