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    Re: Mixed Metaphors

    Quote Originally Posted by skilldawg View Post
    They were packed in there like sandwiches
    Quote Originally Posted by arkansasbob View Post
    running around like a chicken in a pair of cutoffs.

    we'll burn that bridge when we cross it.
    I know it's a minor technicality but, if you use “like” or “as” in the sentence, it’s not a metaphor…it’s a simile. Just saying!

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    Re: Mixed Metaphors

    You know Yogi Berra didn't really say everything he said.

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    Re: Mixed Metaphors

    Quote Originally Posted by Lotsudo View Post
    I know it's a minor technicality but, if you use “like” or “as” in the sentence, it’s not a metaphor…it’s a simile. Just saying!
    Aren't all similes metaphors - but all metaphors aren't similes.

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    Re: Mixed Metaphors

    Quote Originally Posted by Lotsudo View Post
    I know it's a minor technicality but, if you use “like” or “as” in the sentence, it’s not a metaphor…it’s a simile. Just saying!
    a simile is like a special category of metaphor...

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    Re: Mixed Metaphors

    Okay moderators. Add simile to the title thread.
    It's time to close the doors to the Temple of Janus.

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    Re: Mixed Metaphors

    You need to "tow the line".

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    Re: Mixed Metaphors

    Quote Originally Posted by Woof! View Post
    You need to "tow the line".
    Na...that would be like beating farts out of a dead mule!

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    Re: Mixed Metaphors

    Joe Biden talking about college cheerleaders yesterday:

    the stuff they do on hard wood, it blows my mind.
    It's time to close the doors to the Temple of Janus.

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    Re: Mixed Metaphors

    He is getting too big for his bitches.
    It's time to close the doors to the Temple of Janus.

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    Re: Mixed Metaphors

    Quote Originally Posted by arkansasbob View Post
    running around like a chicken in a pair of cutoffs.

    we'll burn that bridge when we cross it.
    I think you meant to say, "Running around like a chicken with its head cut-off to spite its face."

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