MIXED METAPHORS Their Use and Abuse
Critics shudder at mixed metaphors like 'that wet blanket is a loose cannon', but admire 'Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player', and all the metaphors packed into Macbeth's 'Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow' speech. How is it that metaphors are somet...
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BLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC
2019
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