Cliché: knock it out of the park

Meaning: a successful effort. Use examples.
Rewrite 1: hit it beyond the reach of the “Green Monster”
Rewrite 2: knock it into the parking lot
Rewrite 3: over the roof and out of reach
Rewrite 4: hit it out of state
Rewrite 5: hit it to the moon and back

Comment: It’s fairly easy to pick up sports and space analogies, so be careful you don’t drop one cliché to pick up another.

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