Cliché: yank your chain

Meaning: do or say something to rile you. Meanings. Use examples.
Rewrite 1: pull your collar^n3a tight
Rewrite 2: slap you on the back of your head
Rewrite 3: topple your card stack
Rewrite 4: upset your dominoes

Comment: Similar to my previous entry, rattle your cage, except this one might be more provocative. The fourth rewrite may be obscure – I want you to envision a series of dominoes set vertically to fall over (only when finished lining them up) and create a design or pattern.

More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• HeraldNet: “Avoid this festival of clichés.”

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