Metaphors can be great things. But at some point, you have to stop dragging it out and return to the reality, something that this coach of a rugby team after they lost a match seems unable to do.
This rugby interview is one of the best sports interviews I’ve seen, as it keeps getting delightfully weirder as it goes on. pic.twitter.com/6ua2P5FxET
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) November 21, 2019
Surely in this case the metaphor should be carrying you?
What was that?
No, no! The dragging out is delightful.
Also, he’s not the coach. He’s Joe Marler, a player for Harlequins.
Ah, what we’ve got here is a lovely example of Metaphorgotten. (Obligatory TV Tropes warning applies.)
I’ve always said mixed metaphors were a double edged sword of Damocles
Well that was very Christopher Guest, from start to finish.
Te best part about his rambling horse metaphor was the dismount.