"The Whole Kettle of Fish in a Nutshell": Mixed Metaphors Redux

Authors

Don Hauptman

Abstract

In our previous episode on the subject, "Ironing the Bugs Out: Mixed Metaphors" (Word Ways, August 2001), I recounted egregious and amusing real-life illustrations of this popular solecism.

Recommended Citation

Hauptman, Don (2004) ""The Whole Kettle of Fish in a Nutshell": Mixed Metaphors Redux," Word Ways: Vol. 37 : Iss. 2 , Article 14.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol37/iss2/14