Permissible Mixed Metaphors
Permissible Mixed Metaphors
Permissible mixed metaphors are mixed metaphors that do not conflict with each other because they
- serve the same purpose, and
- exhibit a correlation with each other.
Page/s: 92, 95–96
Source: Lakoff, G. and Johnson 1980
Lakoff, George, and Mark Johnson. 1980.Metaphors we live by. Chicago: University of Chicago.
Broader Terms
- BT↑ Mixed Metaphors
