idiomtocombinetwo or moremetaphors, oftenproducingasillyorhumorouseffect:(常产生愚蠢、滑稽效果的)混合隐喻Mixing hismetaphors, hedescribedtheproblemby saying "We'veopenedup a can ofwormshere, and now we have to get thegenieback in thebottle".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 phrasesFigurative use of language
a metaphor forsomethingidiom
allegorically
allusion
anthropomorphic
anthropomorphize
figurative
figure of speech
idiom
ironic
metaphor
metonymy
mix
mixed metaphor
non-literal
non-metaphorical
pathetic fallacy
so to speakidiom
speak
symbol
trope
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