mixed metaphor in English
noun
1
a combination of two or more incompatible metaphors, which produces a ridiculous effect (e.g., this tower of strength will forge ahead ).
After a couple of weeks out of the game I came out of the blocks like a prize fighter wielding a mixed metaphor simile cliche and battered everyone in my path.
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1. Instances are quoted of highly contrived antithesis, of mixed metaphor and elaborate circumlocution.
2. "The new job has allowed her to spread her wings and really blossom, " is a mixed metaphor.