Cliché: out of gas

(entered for 4.09.06)

Meaning: run out of fuel or energy.
Rewrite 1: gas gauge is on “E”
Rewrite 2: ran out of fumes
Rewrite 3: fire is running on ashes
Rewrite 4: no kindling to fuel the fire

Comment: Rewrite 2 and 3 are plays on the “running on fumes” cliché.

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