mix your metaphors
to combine two or more metaphors, often producing a silly or humorous effect:
Mixing his metaphors, he described the problem by saying "We've opened up a can of worms here, and now we have to get the genie back in the bottle".
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Figurative use of language
- a metaphor for sth idiom
- allegory
- allusion
- as
- as it were idiom
- fig
- figurative
- figuratively
- figure of speech
- imagery
- ironic
- irony
- metaphor
- metaphorical
- metonymy
- mix
- mixed metaphor
- pathetic fallacy
- speak
- symbol
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