"Let's Push the Envelope Out of the Box": More Mixed and Mashed Metaphors

Authors

Don Hauptman

Abstract

I last wrote about mixed metaphors in in the November 2008 issue of Word Ways. A friend who read that article chastised me because not all the examples I cited meet the strict definition of a mixed metaphor. After some consideration, I conceded that she had a point.

Recommended Citation

Hauptman, Don (2011) ""Let's Push the Envelope Out of the Box": More Mixed and Mashed Metaphors," Word Ways: Vol. 44 : Iss. 2 , Article 15.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol44/iss2/15