Burlesque metaphor
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Burlesque metaphor is an amusing, overstated or grotesque comparison or examplification.[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.
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If they are offered winged ants, people will eat them.
— African proverb[2]
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There is an elephant in the room.
— An American idiom meaning that there is a sensitive issue no one brings up.
