Assertion: mixed metaphor | /r/ObjectUse | used by design
Facets:
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Catachresis: A mixed metaphor, sometimes used by design and sometimes by accident (a rhetorical fault).
text: The metaphor category also contains these specialized types: * allegory: An extended metaphor wherein a story illustrates an important attribute of the subject * catachresis: A mixed metaphor used by design and accident (a rhetorical fault)