All About Euphemisms, Clichés, and Mixed

Metaphors

When and How do We Use These Rules

Do You Know Which One is Which???

Take a chill pill instead of calm down – Man, the acorn doesn’t fall to far from

the tree – "All at once he was alone in this noisy

hive with no place to roost."

GREAT JOB!!! Here we go!

Euphemism

Oxford defines Euphemism to be the substitute of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt.

Euphemism

Euphemism for the most part refers to taboo topics such as: Disability, sex, excretion, and death.

The opposite of euphemism would be dysphemism, which is an expression with connotations that are offensive to either the audience or the subject at hand.

Examples of Euphemism

Soft Expressions using: 1. Ethnic cleansing instead of genocide.2. On the streets instead of homeless3. Differently able instead of

handicapped4. Passed away instead of died

Examples of Euphemism

To Be polite using:1. Breaking wind instead of passing gas2. Big boned instead of over weight or fat3. Talking about the birds and the bees

instead of talking about sex.

Examples of Euphemism

To be impolite using:1. Take a chill pill instead of go calm

down2. Go play in traffic instead of die 3. Press the devils doorbell instead of

giving someone the finger

Clichés

Clichés are expressions, ideas, or elements of an artistic work which has become overused to the point of losing its original meaning or effect, even to the point of being trite or irritating.

Examples Clichés

Describing people1. Penny Pincher2. Milk it3. All dressed up and no where to go4. After my own heart 5. Without a care in the world 6. Brave as a lion

Examples Clichés

It didn’t take a genius to figure that one out!

The acorn doesn’t fall to far from the tree.

Monkey business

Examples Clichés

Containing to life, Love and Emotions1. Opposites attract 2. All’s well that ends well 3. Haste makes waste4. Time heals all wounds 5. When you have lemons, make

lemonade

Mixed Metaphors

A succession of incongruous or ludicrous comparisons .

Or when two or more metaphors are jumbled together, often illogically, saying these comparisons are “mixed”

Example of Mixed Metaphor

Mr. Speaker, I smell a rat. I see him floating in the air. But mark me, sir, I will nip him in the bud. › The two jumbled metaphors are “I smell a

rat”, and “I will nip him in the bud”

Example of Mixed Metaphor

“Lets put off the decision, and don’t burn your bridges.”

“You’re not the sharpest enchilada in the drawer.”

Wake up! And smell the coffee

Example of Mixed Metaphor

You stick out like a sore thumbs, I can’t with you.

"Federal Judge Susan Webber Wright stepped up to the plate and called a foul."

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