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Jun 12, 2021 · confuse (v.) If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one. I always confuse my left with my right. Collins. To mix up in the mind, to fail to distinguish, erroneously regard as identical, mistake one for another.
Conflate is a more formal way to say "mix together," and it's typically used for texts or ideas. You probably wouldn't say you conflated the ingredients for a cake, but if you blended two different stories together to make a new one, conflate would work.
- Burning the Midnight Oil From Both Ends. “I’m so stressed that I’m burning the midnight oil from both ends.” This is a mixup of the two idioms, “burning the midnight oil” and “burning the candle at both ends.”
- Heavy Is the Goose That Lays the Golden Egg. “George just got promoted to management, I hope he’s ready for it. Heavy is the goose that lays the golden egg.”
- Walking a Thin Line. “That decision seems a little risky! He’s walking a thin line.” This malaphor is a combination of “walking on thin ice” and “walking a fine line.”
- I Can Read Him Like the Back of My Book. “He couldn’t hide anything from me. I can read him like the back of my book!” This malaphor mixes up two very common idioms: “know him like the back of my hand” and “read him like a book.”
To help you stay motivated to do on thing at a time and not multi-task, I have compiled a list of 12 quotes on doing one thing at at time and not jumping around from one thing to another. To do two things at once is to do neither. Publilius Syrus. If you chase two rabbits, you will catch neither one. Russian proverb.
A mixed metaphor is a figure of speech wherein you combine two or more metaphors into one. And yes, it is as ludicrous as it sounds. Let’s look at an example: “It’s not rocket surgery.”
If someone says they’ve “mixed up their names,” it means they’ve mistaken one person’s name for another’s. Similarly, if someone has trouble telling two objects apart, they might say they’ve “mixed them up.”
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May 20, 2022 · One of the most common malaphors mixes up two sarcastic idioms into one confusing mishmash. “It’s not rocket science” is a condescending way to tell someone that a task isn’t difficult, as is “It’s not brain surgery.” Make sure you get your insults straight beforehand.
