Burlesque metaphor

Burlesque metaphor is an amusing, overstated or grotesque figure of speech, usually a comparison or exemplification.[1]

## Examples

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> Eat your own dog food.

> — An American proverb which means that you should consume your own product to recognize its flaws.

> If they are offered winged ants, people will eat them.

> — African proverb[2]

> There is an elephant in the room.

> — An American idiom meaning that there is a sensitive issue no one brings up.

## References

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1. ^ Richard Milne Hogg; N. Norman Francis Blake; John Algeo; Roger Lass; Robert W. Burchfield (7 February 2001). The Cambridge History of the English Language. Cambridge University Press. p. 613–. ISBN 978-0-521-26479-2. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
2. ^ Martin H. Manser (2007). The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs. Infobase Publishing. p. 3\. ISBN 978-0-8160-6673-5. Retrieved 15 June 2013.

## See also

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* Figure of speech