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mix your metaphors
idiom
to combine two or more metaphors, often producing a silly or humorous effect: （常产生愚蠢、滑稽效果的）混合隐喻
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".他用混合隐喻形容面对的问题，“我们打开了一个‘虫罐子’，现在我们必须把妖怪放回瓶子里去”。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Figurative use of language
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allusion
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double meaning
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figurative
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figure of speech
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metonymic
mixed metaphor
non-literal
non-metaphorical
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speak
symbol
trope
unironic
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