Cliché: clean your clock

(entered for 03.12.06)

Meaning: beat you soundly. Origin and uses.
Rewrite 1: reset your clock
Rewrite 2: knock the cuckoo out of your clock
Rewrite 3: scrub the table with your face
Rewrite 4: dust your doilies

Comment: Rewrite 4 is stretching it, but if you’ve ever seen a doily in someone’s home, it’s often dusty because it’s hard to “dust.”

More reading about clichés
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• Varaces: “Over the decades of films showcasing car chases, a few reoccurring situations seem to pop up. Here are some of the most often used car chase clichés.”

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