Sunday, January 15, 2006

Cliché: a tongue-lashing

Meaning: a stiff talking-to. Definition and uses.
Rewrite 1: a word
lashing
Rewrite 2: a vent lashing
Rewrite 3: getting their word’s worth
Rewrite 4: getting their 2-cents worth with a side of
jalapeño

Comment: How many ways can you think to receive (or deliver) a good tongue-lashing?

More reading about clichés
What I found when I
googled “clichés”:
Asia Times: First-person account of devastating tsunami in December 2004, citing the clichés that came to mind at the time.

Check out the new
alphabetical list of all my cliché rewrites available at the bottom of the archive list at the right.

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