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单词 mixed metaphor
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
mixed metaphor, 
  1. Rhetoricthe use in the same expression of two or more metaphors that are incongruous or illogical when combined, as in "The president will put the ship of state on its feet.''
  • 1790–1800

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
mixed metaphor n
  1. a combination of incongruous metaphors, as when the Nazi jackboots sing their swan song
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