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Metaphors are similes. Similes are like metaphors.
Take the bull by the hand and avoid mixed metaphors.
Avoid tumbling off the cliff of triteness into the black abyss of overused metaphors.
-- Grammar rules for the unenlightened...
Mixed metaphors are a pain in the ass and ought to be thrown out the window. -- Writing Rule 27
Keep your ear to the grindstone, your nose to the ground, take the bull by the horns of a dilemma, and stop mixing your metaphors.
-- Grammar rules for the unenlightened...
William Safire's Rules for Writers: Remember to never split an infinitive.
The passive voice should never be used. Do not put statements in the negative form....
coefficient of X n. Hackish speech makes heavy use of pseudo-mathematical metaphors.
Four particularly important ones involve the terms `coefficient', `factor', `index of X', and `quotient'....