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Mashed Metaphors And Improbable Imagery

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Janette Parr Consulting
Nov 06, 2023
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Metaphors add colour to your language but they are best used simply, and singly.  

This is an infamous example of a mishmash of metaphors. You’ve probably heard it before:

He opened the floodgates to a Pandora’s box of worms.

Whoever first said it (if anyone really did) clearly liked the idea of ‘opening the floodgates’ enough to use the same concept agai…

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