tocombinetwo 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”。