Meaning: keep at something that’s lost or hopeless. Meaning and uses.
Rewrite 1: flail a dead cat
Rewrite 2: pump a dry well
Rewrite 3: hammerv a buried nail
Rewrite 4: paint a red wall orange
Comment: This may mean something that’s hopeless or an act that’s already finished. I tried to cover both in these rewrites.
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• Odd Thinking: “Treating cliches [sic] like the plague.”
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, March 25, 2006
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