'The family ship of state sailed on to greener pastures' is an example of
A) a mixed metaphor.
B) concrete language.
C) colourful expression.
D) an abstract expression.

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The sentence is using a metaphor of a ship to describe the progress of a family or society, but it also adds the imagery of "greener pastures", which is a mixed metaphor. The two ideas do not necessarily fit together logically or literally.

'The Family Ship of State Sailed on to Greener Pastures