Mixed __, E.g. the Eager Beaver Gets the Worm

This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from A Sweet Life, Group 1081, Puzzle 3 (Granola and Trail Mix).

Question is: Mixed __, E.g. the Eager Beaver Gets the Worm

and the answer is: METAPHOR

Word Meaning:

METAPHOR — (uncountable, rhetoric) The use of a word, phrase, concept, or set of concepts to refer to something other than its literal meaning, invoking an implicit similarity between the thing described and what is denoted by the word, etc., that is used.

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