Monday, November 21, 2005

Clické: send up a trial balloon

Meaning: to try something out to test it. Use examples.
Rewrite 1: shove it off a cliff and see if it fliesvis6
Rewrite 2: windvt6 it up and see if it runs
Rewrite 3: see how it fares in some market research
Rewrite 4: plug it in and see if it goes10a

Comment: You should be able to come up with plenty of “trial balloons” to test.

More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• Clichés about the French language.

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