mixed metaphor

English[edit]

Examples
until the cows freeze over

mixed metaphor (plural mixed metaphors)

(linguistics) An overreaching, contradictory or incongruous combination of two distinct metaphors, similes or idioms.

Translations

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: ontuva vertausten yhdistelmä, ontuva vertaus (not necessarily a combination)
French: métaphore mixte f
German: verknüpfte Metaphern f pl
Polish: mieszana metafora f
Spanish: please add this translation if you can