Meaning: explosive hitting. Use examples.
Rewrite 1: hammer blow
Rewrite 2: bunker-buster punch
Rewrite 3: slug slam-fest
Rewrite 4: whack attack
Comment: What made this somewhat easier to pull off was to put the emphasis first on “blow” and then pick appropriate adjectives.
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• Sensitive ‘Hustle & Flow’ resists clichés: movie review from seattlepi.com
Note: By providing links to other websites I am only showing you what is out there about clichés – I am not endorsing any content or opinion expressed there.
Check out the searchable alphabetical list of all my cliché rewrites available in the archive list at the right.
Saturday, April 08, 2006
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