Meaning: free or unbound. Meaning and uses.
Rewrite 1: free as a cat on rat patrol
Rewrite 2: free as a bee on a buzziv3
Rewrite 3: free as a $20 bill in a good gust of wind
Rewrite 4: un-shackledtrv1 like a common bird
Comment: In rewrite 4, I tried to twist the idea around so we’re saying the same thing but in other words.
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• National Novel Writing Month: “I was just wondering what clichés you are embracing while writing your novel?”
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.
Monday, March 06, 2006
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To ask the canary of the phrase "free as a bird," will get you an answere different from the pheasant's.
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