| 单词 | mixed metaphor |
| 例句 | And its history has become a mixed metaphor of sorts: a story of the Russian ballet in a profoundly Soviet institution. Review: ‘Bolshoi Confidential’ Peers Down the Centuries and Past the Pirouettes 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z Lawrence Hogan of Maryland, for example, was full of mixed metaphors. How an impeachment unfolds: Inside the 1974 Nixon hearings, day by day 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z He still uses a lot of awkward phrases, such as how he wants to right “this U.S. ship of state of trust” — a classic Sestakian Navy-tinged mixed metaphor. Joe Sestak still wants to be senator — so he walked solo across Pennsylvania. 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z His celebration of this American empire is soaring and sincere — “the second home of every free person on the planet” — and often incomprehensible, laced with name-dropping digressions, circuitous analogies and mixed metaphors. New Directions for American Foreign Policy 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z And then there are the mixed metaphors: “aching flames unleashed, spilled out”; “the water called to them, blanketing the sand with its low roar.” A Tale of Five Women 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z "Good lyrics often do what you are taught not to do in poems: cliches, cheesy rhymes, mixed metaphors." A defence of poetry at the Hay festival 2010-06-01T21:40:00Z In a mixed metaphor befitting a restaurant owner, Thos Carson likes to say that “seafood is our bread and butter.” On Newport Beach, Seafood Flavor Without the Fuss 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z The resulting mess is what you might call a mixed metaphor, or maybe just a redundant one. ‘Triangle of Sadness’ Review: Don’t Worry, Be Happy 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Laurent Pelly’s staging of Massenet’s opera originated at the Royal Opera in London, where, according to one quaintly mixed metaphor in the British press, it “triggered” a “shower of plaudits.” The New Season: Tchaikovsky, Dress Codes, And 3-D Opera 2011-09-16T19:50:18Z This conversation about vampirism, AIDS, sickness and rebirth might be cluttered with mixed metaphors and burdened by so much plot, but it is by far the most interesting thing “Hotel” has going yet. ‘American Horror Story’ Season 5, Episode 5: We Have Two Selves 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z His books are crawling with wordplay: puns, mixed metaphors, neologisms, you name it. Whimsy and War: Boris Vian’s Two Minds 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z Suffice it to say, it’s the kind of place that invites ecstatic odes and mixed metaphors. Frank Gehry's Masterful Fondation Louis Vuitton Debuts in Paris 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z This is something of a mixed metaphor, but I think you get my point. How much free work is too much for jobseekers? 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z This is something of a mixed metaphor but I think you get my point. When You’re Stuck in the Middle of a Workplace Battle 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z “Boulevard,” from the album “American Idiot,” is an emo power ballad, full of mixed metaphors expressing the privileged blah of being bored and misunderstood in the suburbs of a morally compromised nation. Why I Keep Listening to Green Day’s ‘Boulevard of Broken Dreams’ 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z The sentences contain a barrage of glib phrases and mixed metaphors. Review | The president as parent — consoler, protector and, sometimes, failure 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Michele said he wanted to demystify back-stage rituals, which he likened in a series of mixed metaphors to a religious rite, to cinema, to a circus. Gucci bares backstage, No. 21 celebrates a decade 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z This VHS conceit is a bit of a mixed metaphor given that you are playing the game, not watching someone else play it. No Players Online is like playing original Quake alone on a haunted server 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z And yet, despite its eccentricity, this masterclass in mixed metaphors—all of them about horses, strangely enough—is somehow the most inspiring thing you will hear all week. Rugby man with horse thing delivers most oddly inspiring interview ever - Golf Digest 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z The wildest exultations came from the operatic English TV commentator Ray Hudson, who unleashed a torrent of mixed metaphors. Lionel Messi’s Goals Go Viral Like No Other Player’s 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z It’s a mixed metaphor, but one that nicely captures his view of the world and of Joyce scholars too. The Strange Case of the Missing Joyce Scholar 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z At the same time, mixed metaphors being permissible in the world of iconic architecture, it is said to look like a flower. Russia uncovered: writers on the World Cup host nation 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z A local MyNetworkTV affiliate invited the Democrat in for an interview on Wednesday, at which time she uttered the mixed metaphor. Nancy Pelosi says people can’t ‘yell wolf in a crowded theater’ during Patriot Prayer warning 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z But loyalists, especially those who, if you will excuse the mixed metaphor, have to grit their teeth when they toe the line, rather relish the resounding smack and public of firm government. Why is Cameron undefeated in Commons? - BBC News 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z He acknowledges that he just used a mixed metaphor, but what the heck. A 40-year D.C. law firm seeks to stay small, successful in midst of Big Law 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z An epic mixed metaphor, but his genuine sentiment showed. Mitch McConnell and John Boehner's Speeches to New Congress Lacked Vision 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Let’s fight these mixed metaphors in the bud! The Stranger in the Story 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z The “poison the well” comments were clear enough, I suppose – apparently Obama risks hurting Republicans’ feelings – but it was the second half of the mixed metaphor that got me thinking. Obama learned from the best: his GOP rivals 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z It includes a variety of word-salad sentences, awkward mixed metaphors, and genuinely odd policy pronouncements. Palin demands impeachment, exacerbating GOP dilemma 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z But badly mixed metaphors from physics and biology animate economics, creating “confusion’s masterpiece.” Science's Mobile Army of Metaphors 2013-07-19T17:45:00.760Z An acute case of a mixed metaphors, possibly. Emotions run high as Hoffenheim play on for Boris Vukcevic 2012-10-01T16:21:28Z “This is a mixed metaphor, but it’s going to be a sea change in air travel patterns,” he said. On the Road: Manifestos for Travelers, Not Just Airlines - On the Road 2012-03-06T01:49:16Z Bit of a mixed metaphor, isn't it; but you know what I mean? The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z But for my dread of a mixed metaphor I would add that they are moth-eaten and threadbare. Search-Light Letters 2011-10-06T02:00:43.957Z Paul drives his fiery chariot through rhetorical proprieties, and never shrinks from “mixed metaphors” if they more vigorously express his thought. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z "One does not hear with one's heart," said I, smiling, and stirred to plague her for her mixed metaphor. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z The hard place sees all the mixed metaphors ending in statutory regulation of the press. Don't punish innocent papers: it's the rogues that need to be regulated 2011-07-09T23:06:16Z He speaks four languages fluently, but he delivered his address in French, accented by mixed metaphors. FIFA Chief Nears Re-election Amid Scandal 2011-06-01T12:26:14Z A rope of stone is imperfectly conceivable—is, in truth, mixed metaphor. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z The UK Corporate Governance Code contains a heroic quadruple mixed metaphor: "A turning point in attacking the fungus of 'boiler-plate'," which is perhaps the most arresting thing in the whole document. Management guff 2011-02-28T11:43:18Z Excuse so many mixed metaphors,' she added, with a rather forced laugh. The Grandchildren of the Ghetto 2011-02-12T03:00:35.663Z "Every individual sits in the same shoes," was his mixed metaphor covering it. Clarke admits Australia at 'rock bottom' 2011-01-07T11:00:00Z Capitalization, commas, full sentences, the writing of words without numbers in them, the avoidance of jargon and mixed metaphors — these norms are suffering, unable to persuade multitaskers of their worth. 2010-01-15T13:34:00Z Spread-eagle style, a compound of exaggeration, bombast, mixed metaphor, &c. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide The mixed metaphor award goes to an equally outstanding entry. Management guff 2011-02-28T11:43:18Z In no deliberative body in the world is the mixed metaphor so much in its element as in the British House of Commons. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906 My wife has been very ill, but is now better; I may say I am ditto, The Ebb Tide having left me high and dry, which is a good example of the mixed metaphor. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) Worn out by his attacking and mixed metaphors, the Admiral mopped his brow. Navy Day In adding this great specimen to the immortal list of memorable mixed metaphors, I feel that my visit to Ireland has not been quite in vain. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule "Objection," Mr. Savage offered promptly, "on the ground of mixed metaphor." Nobody That is an Irishism and a mixed metaphor, I suppose, but you know what I mean. Bandit Love "More mixed metaphors," Madame said, rolling up the mended stockings. Master of the Vineyard To begin with, such a metaphor is always as distracting as a mixed metaphor. What I Saw in America They both laughed a little at Louisa's mixed metaphor and the laughter cleared away the last trace of the tears. Rainbow Hill He knew a mixed metaphor when he saw one, for he had had wide experience with them as an English instructor at a New England “prep” school. High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France “Which is mixed metaphor,” Mr. Giddings admitted in confidence; “but,” he continued, “if metaphors, like drinks, happen to be more potent mixed, the Herald proposes to mix ’em.” Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic Sudden transitions, elliptical expressions, mixed metaphors, indefensible verbal quibbles, and fantastic conceits at times create an atmosphere of obscurity. A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles I'm a fish out of its accustomed waters, even in its old hunting-ground, if you will excuse mixed metaphors. St. Cuthbert's The clearest case of mixed metaphor ever charged against Milton occurs in the Eleventh Book, where the lazar-house is described-- Sight so deform what heart of rock could long Dry-eyed behold? Milton "Well, Father James," I said slowly, "passing by the mixed metaphors about the dogs and the sponge, what are exactly the specific charges made against this young man?" My New Curate He addressed us afterwards in an oration full of split infinitives and mixed metaphors, welcoming us to France for a few month's holiday. Letters from France He swam into our ken—if a mixed metaphor may be pardoned—on a train leaving Oakland for the East. Roughing it De Luxe If this is a mixed metaphor, it is due to the excitement of the change. Tenting To-night A Chronicle of Sport and Adventure in Glacier Park and the Cascade Mountains I'll leave you to digest the mixed metaphor undisturbed while I go below and help with the patients who have begun pouring aboard. Le Petit Nord or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour And then his mixed metaphor—the Hyperborean gods turned farmers and busy at burning brush, then a fiery worm, and then the burning wood-lots! The Last Harvest And though his speech worked a pretty enough havoc with fine-spun rhetoric to raise the wig off a pedant's head, Jean and I thought we read some sense in his mixed metaphors. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade Mary with the receiver to her ear heard the subtle compliment of those mixed metaphors. Destiny Probably because it is such a very badly mixed metaphor. The Plastic Age Live and dead metaphor; some pitfalls; self-consciousness and mixed metaphor. Society for Pure English, Tract 11 Three Articles on Metaphor This introduction is one of the most extraordinary pieces of bombast, mixed metaphors, loose syntax, and incoherent expressions that Latin literature possesses. The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature He was thus saved from mixed metaphors, the common fault of imaginative writings which are directed to no end, and thus are liable to become first lawless, then false, finally self-contradictory and absurd. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 But this never restrained Field from taking all sorts of waggish liberties with General Logan's well-known fondness for mixed metaphors and other perversions of the Queen's English. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 The "mixed metaphor" is a common blunder of beginners. Composition-Rhetoric E. Mixed Metaphors For the examples given in D, tasteless word-selection is a fitter description than mixed metaphor, since each of the words that conflict with others is not intended, as a metaphor at all. Society for Pure English, Tract 11 Three Articles on Metaphor He sold his own country, he oppressed ours; for the rest he mixed his metaphors, and has saddled two separate and sensible nations with the horrible mixed metaphor called the Union. The Crimes of England And with pleasure at the helm, goodness is a drug in the market,—if you'll excuse the mixed metaphor. A Modern Instance Not only so, but this glimpsing of beauty through first one mistress, then another, often seems to perform the function of the mixed metaphor in freeing the soul from bondage to the sensual. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years "We know that the new pearl sweeps clean,"—Miss Vane applauded his mixed metaphor—"and now you might go on from that point." The Minister's Charge The odd thing is that, whether he is on the offensive or the defensive, the writer who ventures to talk of mixing metaphors often shows that he does not know what mixed metaphor is. Society for Pure English, Tract 11 Three Articles on Metaphor Which is still true in the carrying out of your marvellously mixed metaphors. What Can She Do? I added, taking good-humouredly the general laugh that greeted my mixed metaphor. Guy Garrick It was a mixed metaphor, I admit; but Sir Charles's tropes are not always entirely superior to criticism. An African Millionaire Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay It was as if a mystic bond fired them both with new talents-Missy looked on mixed metaphors as objectionable only to Professor Sutton. Missy But doubtless mixed feelings lead to mixed metaphors._ Society for Pure English, Tract 11 Three Articles on Metaphor "Why, you blessed little goose and angel," said Thatcher, with the bold, mixed metaphor of amatory genius, "don't you see—" "Ah, you don't like it,—it is not good?" The Story of a Mine Ah, here they are—the mixed metaphors mocking and strutting about before me, pointing to the bull in the china shop assailed by hailstones and the bugbears with pale looks, an unanalyzed species! The Story of my life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy A hand that has lost its head may affect the fastidious as a mixed metaphor; but, God pardon us all, what an unmixed truth! Utopia of Usurers and Other Essays Not to speak of the oddly mixed metaphor, we do not know what Smollett’s relations to his retainers really were. Adventures Among Books The mixed metaphors did not reduce the telegram's effect. Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War "Now, Billy, what have you got up your sleeve?—I can see it in your eyes," Saxon demanded and indicted in mixed metaphors. The Valley of the Moon This is not the extravagance of a mixed metaphor. Notes on Life and Letters “Ideal scaffoldings,” are odd enough, but when scaffoldings turn out to be “fruits” of an “atmosphere,” and monstrous fruits of a “bad transcendental atmosphere,” the brain reels in the fumes of mixed metaphors. Adventures Among Books |
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