Meaning: value is in the eye of the beholder. Use examples.
Rewrite 1: one man’s garbage is another man’s four-star meal
Rewrite 2: one man’s treasure is another man’s trash
Rewrite 3: what is junk to you may be treasure to me
Rewrite 4: you see junk I see jonque (“dressed-up” version of junk)
Rewrite 5: junk by any other name is treasure by another
Comment 1: You may be familiar with this cliché using "trash" or "junk" instead of "garbage."
Comment 2 : There are lots of ways to position both “garbage” and “treasure.” There are also lots of ways to twist and turn the phrase to praise either trash or treasure.
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• This is Broken – Advertising Cliches: “This Is Broken is a project to make companies more aware of their customer experience. Submit your own entry.”
Friday, December 30, 2005
Thursday, December 29, 2005
Cliché: just the tip of the iceberg
(entered for 12.29.05)
Meaning: only the most visible part of a much bigger whole. Use examples.
Rewrite 1: just a jewel of a buried treasure
Rewrite 2: only a penny of a pocketful of change
Rewrite 3: just the street entrance of a 40-storynoun3 building
Rewrite 4: but the flower of a long-rooted dandelion
Comment: I first established a larger whole then decribed on a smaller part; it helps to stick with something most people would recognize rather than something more obscure, although if you’re addressing a special audience you can most certainly pick an object perhaps known mostly or only to them.
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• Colonial Clichés in a German Zoo? “Many zoos put on special exhibits in order to attract visitors. Most also attract little notice much less controversy. But one zoo in southern Germany is…”
Meaning: only the most visible part of a much bigger whole. Use examples.
Rewrite 1: just a jewel of a buried treasure
Rewrite 2: only a penny of a pocketful of change
Rewrite 3: just the street entrance of a 40-storynoun3 building
Rewrite 4: but the flower of a long-rooted dandelion
Comment: I first established a larger whole then decribed on a smaller part; it helps to stick with something most people would recognize rather than something more obscure, although if you’re addressing a special audience you can most certainly pick an object perhaps known mostly or only to them.
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• Colonial Clichés in a German Zoo? “Many zoos put on special exhibits in order to attract visitors. Most also attract little notice much less controversy. But one zoo in southern Germany is…”
Cliché: go against the grain
(entered for 12.28.05)
Meaning: do something opposite to the established or accepted way. Use examples.
Rewrite 1: row against the tide
Rewrite 2: steer against the curve
Rewrite 3: walk against the flow
Rewrite 4: talk over the conversation
Comment: Think of going against something that everyone does automatically, like walking up the downstairs or driving the wrong way on a one-way street.
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• Great Movie Clichés: 'Auteur Movie Clichés'. “'Broadway Movie Musical Clichés'. 'Television Drama Cliches'”
Meaning: do something opposite to the established or accepted way. Use examples.
Rewrite 1: row against the tide
Rewrite 2: steer against the curve
Rewrite 3: walk against the flow
Rewrite 4: talk over the conversation
Comment: Think of going against something that everyone does automatically, like walking up the downstairs or driving the wrong way on a one-way street.
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• Great Movie Clichés: 'Auteur Movie Clichés'. “'Broadway Movie Musical Clichés'. 'Television Drama Cliches'”
Cliché: ants in his pants
(entered for 12.27.05)
Meaning: excited or energized. Use examples.
Rewrite 1: statica3 in his shorts
Rewrite 2: an itch on his spine
Rewrite 3: a scorpion in his shoe
Rewrite 4: a spider dangling in front of his face
Comment: I thought of things that might make me jump around excitedly or make me get up quickly and run away.
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• Leadership & Practical Theology: “Tom Payne's guide to the words that reviewers and publishers love too much…”
Meaning: excited or energized. Use examples.
Rewrite 1: statica3 in his shorts
Rewrite 2: an itch on his spine
Rewrite 3: a scorpion in his shoe
Rewrite 4: a spider dangling in front of his face
Comment: I thought of things that might make me jump around excitedly or make me get up quickly and run away.
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• Leadership & Practical Theology: “Tom Payne's guide to the words that reviewers and publishers love too much…”
Monday, December 26, 2005
Cliché: you could have knocked me over with a feather
Meaning: extremely weak. Use examples.
Rewrite 1: you could have knocked me over with a leaf
Rewrite 2: so beat, a feather could have knocked me out
Rewrite 3: such a wuss I was afraid a dandelion seed would push me over
Rewrite 4: so weak, I couldn’t stand straight on a windless day
Comment: This is really a metaphor about weakness, whether it’s physical or mental.
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• Web Design Tips, “The purpose of this web site is to help out new web developers by going over some of the tips of how to put together a top-quality, professional web site.”
Rewrite 1: you could have knocked me over with a leaf
Rewrite 2: so beat, a feather could have knocked me out
Rewrite 3: such a wuss I was afraid a dandelion seed would push me over
Rewrite 4: so weak, I couldn’t stand straight on a windless day
Comment: This is really a metaphor about weakness, whether it’s physical or mental.
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• Web Design Tips, “The purpose of this web site is to help out new web developers by going over some of the tips of how to put together a top-quality, professional web site.”
Sunday, December 25, 2005
Cliché: season’s greetings
Meaning: best wishes for the holiday. More on the greeting.
Rewrite 1: wishing you the most wonderful time of the year
Rewrite 2: wishing you many cheerful holiday moments
Rewrite 3: here's hoping your holiday is full of cherished memories
Rewrite 4: may your holiday stocking be full of wonderful surprises
Rewrite 5: may all that you desire come true this joyous holiday
Comment: More to the point, however, it may be more sincere to say "Merry Christmas!", "Happy Hanukah!", or "Happy Kwanzaa!" if that's what you really mean. And so, I wish you the merriest of Christmases, the most happy of Hanukahs, and the most splendid of Kwanzaas.
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “holiday clichés”:
• Poynter Online – Forums, holiday clichés.
Rewrite 1: wishing you the most wonderful time of the year
Rewrite 2: wishing you many cheerful holiday moments
Rewrite 3: here's hoping your holiday is full of cherished memories
Rewrite 4: may your holiday stocking be full of wonderful surprises
Rewrite 5: may all that you desire come true this joyous holiday
Comment: More to the point, however, it may be more sincere to say "Merry Christmas!", "Happy Hanukah!", or "Happy Kwanzaa!" if that's what you really mean. And so, I wish you the merriest of Christmases, the most happy of Hanukahs, and the most splendid of Kwanzaas.
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “holiday clichés”:
• Poynter Online – Forums, holiday clichés.
Saturday, December 24, 2005
Cliché: rotten to the core
Meaning: bad throughout. Use examples.
Rewrite 1: rotten4 through to the center
Rewrite 2: bad, bad, really bad
Rewrite 3: a core made of rotted heart
Rewrite 4: so full of corruptionn1b there's no room for a soul
Comment: Just think of Dr. Seuss's "Grinch" (the nasty green fellow who stole Christmas) before his conversion. Which reminds me! Happy holidays to all: Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy Kwanzaa!
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• Some past and future clichés regarding GNU/Linux: “Some past and future clichés regarding (GNU/) LINUX. Originally printed in Mute Magazine.”
Rewrite 1: rotten4 through to the center
Rewrite 2: bad, bad, really bad
Rewrite 3: a core made of rotted heart
Rewrite 4: so full of corruptionn1b there's no room for a soul
Comment: Just think of Dr. Seuss's "Grinch" (the nasty green fellow who stole Christmas) before his conversion. Which reminds me! Happy holidays to all: Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy Kwanzaa!
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• Some past and future clichés regarding GNU/Linux: “Some past and future clichés regarding (GNU/) LINUX. Originally printed in Mute Magazine.”
Friday, December 23, 2005
Cliché: firing on all cylinders
Meaning: maximum performance. Use examples.
Rewrite 1: using all 10 fingers
Rewrite 2: counting on all 10 toes
Rewrite 3: using both sides of the brain
Rewrite 4: playing all 88 keys
Comment: Metaphors with numbers enhance the essence of this statement.
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• Sport clichés press: “As featured in Sports Illustrated, ESPN, USA Today, Fox & Friends.”
Rewrite 1: using all 10 fingers
Rewrite 2: counting on all 10 toes
Rewrite 3: using both sides of the brain
Rewrite 4: playing all 88 keys
Comment: Metaphors with numbers enhance the essence of this statement.
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• Sport clichés press: “As featured in Sports Illustrated, ESPN, USA Today, Fox & Friends.”
Thursday, December 22, 2005
Cliché: everything’s coming up roses
(entered 11:46 pm ET, 12.22.05; updated 04.02.06)
Meaning: things are turning out wonderfully. Use examples.
Rewrite 1: everything’s coming up aces
Rewrite 2: we’re seeing white linensn2 and no spotsn2c
Rewrite 3: I plant weeds and what I get are petunias
Rewrite 4: all I get are sunny days and starry nights
Rewrite 5: my garden is nothing but roses
Rewrite 6: everything’s coming up lilies
Rewrite 7: nothing but sunshine and warm breezes
Rewrite 8: it’s all coming in hundred-dollar bills
Comment: There are lots of opportunities to paint pretty, spotless images. This is about trouble-free life, so think about the perfect day and what you’d like to see on that day.
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• SparkNotes: Ultimate Style: Cliches: “It’s easy to fill your writing with clichés.”
Meaning: things are turning out wonderfully. Use examples.
Rewrite 1: everything’s coming up aces
Rewrite 2: we’re seeing white linensn2 and no spotsn2c
Rewrite 3: I plant weeds and what I get are petunias
Rewrite 4: all I get are sunny days and starry nights
Rewrite 5: my garden is nothing but roses
Rewrite 6: everything’s coming up lilies
Rewrite 7: nothing but sunshine and warm breezes
Rewrite 8: it’s all coming in hundred-dollar bills
Comment: There are lots of opportunities to paint pretty, spotless images. This is about trouble-free life, so think about the perfect day and what you’d like to see on that day.
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• SparkNotes: Ultimate Style: Cliches: “It’s easy to fill your writing with clichés.”
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Cliché: the lights are on but there's nobody home
Meaning: someone who isn’t very smart. Use examples.
Rewrite 1: the lights are running on a weak generator3
Rewrite 2: the door is open but it leads nowhere
Rewrite 3: the draperies are open but no light’s coming in through the window
Rewrite 4: the faucet is open but no water’s coming out
Comment: A parallel rewrite is difficult to do without sounding pretentious, but there are a number of other ways to say “this light’s working on low wattage.”
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• Dan Schneider on Redeeming Clichés: “…a 10 line poem with at least 8½ seeming clichés…”
Rewrite 1: the lights are running on a weak generator3
Rewrite 2: the door is open but it leads nowhere
Rewrite 3: the draperies are open but no light’s coming in through the window
Rewrite 4: the faucet is open but no water’s coming out
Comment: A parallel rewrite is difficult to do without sounding pretentious, but there are a number of other ways to say “this light’s working on low wattage.”
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• Dan Schneider on Redeeming Clichés: “…a 10 line poem with at least 8½ seeming clichés…”
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Cliché: the whole enchilada (new entry)
(re-entered at 1:39 pm ET on 12.23.05)
Meaning: the whole package. Multiple clichés for a similar idea.
Rewrite 1: the doughnut and the doughnut hole (also donut)
Rewrite 2: bed, box spring, and mattress
Rewrite 3: the whole car, from the tires to the rag top*
Rewrite 4: the whole car, from headlight to taillight
*Scroll down to rag-top; also applies to American and Canadian English.
Comment: I had to replace my original here because, without intending to, I had repeated a cliché. My apologies to my readers. (I discovered the repeat when I tried to organize the list of clichés alphabetically.)
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• Clichés and journalism: “Quickchés: New source of tired writing.”
Meaning: the whole package. Multiple clichés for a similar idea.
Rewrite 1: the doughnut and the doughnut hole (also donut)
Rewrite 2: bed, box spring, and mattress
Rewrite 3: the whole car, from the tires to the rag top*
Rewrite 4: the whole car, from headlight to taillight
*Scroll down to rag-top; also applies to American and Canadian English.
Comment: I had to replace my original here because, without intending to, I had repeated a cliché. My apologies to my readers. (I discovered the repeat when I tried to organize the list of clichés alphabetically.)
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• Clichés and journalism: “Quickchés: New source of tired writing.”
Monday, December 19, 2005
Cliché: fall head over heels
Meaning: go all goo-goo over something. Mentions and use examples.
Rewrite 1: danceiv2a around like doing a pirouette in free-fall3
Rewrite 2: do cartwheels on a tightrope
Rewrite 3: frolicvi like a frog on caffeine
Rewrite 4: make like Goofy in love
Comment: Just think about your friends on their first date and how strangely they acted. In using “Goofy” in rewrite 4, I wanted to impart a vision of the Disney character who acts, well, goofy, even more so when he’s in love.
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• A fist full of Euros: National Clichés:”…how many of these national touchstones I’ve been completely ignorant about…”
Rewrite 1: danceiv2a around like doing a pirouette in free-fall3
Rewrite 2: do cartwheels on a tightrope
Rewrite 3: frolicvi like a frog on caffeine
Rewrite 4: make like Goofy in love
Comment: Just think about your friends on their first date and how strangely they acted. In using “Goofy” in rewrite 4, I wanted to impart a vision of the Disney character who acts, well, goofy, even more so when he’s in love.
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• A fist full of Euros: National Clichés:”…how many of these national touchstones I’ve been completely ignorant about…”
Sunday, December 18, 2005
Cliché: barking up the wrong tree
Meaning: talking to the wrong person; making the wrong choice. Origins.
Rewrite 1: planting a weed where you want a flower
Rewrite 2: picking a rotten apple
Rewrite 3: taking home an empty bag
Rewrite 4: ringingiv3 your own doorbell
Rewrite 5: singing in the wrong key
Comment: This rewrite is fun and easy – just think of a creative way of saying, “You’re making a bad choice.”
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés” [NOTE: I’m already on page 15 of the results pages!]:
• Not so grand Cliché List: “Modern (sometimes painfully modern) jokes/clichés/conventions of society…”
Rewrite 1: planting a weed where you want a flower
Rewrite 2: picking a rotten apple
Rewrite 3: taking home an empty bag
Rewrite 4: ringingiv3 your own doorbell
Rewrite 5: singing in the wrong key
Comment: This rewrite is fun and easy – just think of a creative way of saying, “You’re making a bad choice.”
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés” [NOTE: I’m already on page 15 of the results pages!]:
• Not so grand Cliché List: “Modern (sometimes painfully modern) jokes/clichés/conventions of society…”
Saturday, December 17, 2005
Cliché: in two shakes of a lamb's tail
Meaning: very quickly. Further on meaning.
Rewrite 1: in two heartbeats
Rewrite 2: quicker than you can shake a lamb’s tail
Rewrite 3: quicker than you can say, “lamb’s tail”
Rewrite 4: faster than you can say, “Get it.”
Comment: This one was a little harder that I thought it would be to rewrite. Perhaps because you want it to be short but some things need more language to explain or set up the comparison.
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• The 15 most annoying IT-speak clichés: “The 15 most annoying IT-speak clichés, buzzwords ever used…”
Rewrite 1: in two heartbeats
Rewrite 2: quicker than you can shake a lamb’s tail
Rewrite 3: quicker than you can say, “lamb’s tail”
Rewrite 4: faster than you can say, “Get it.”
Comment: This one was a little harder that I thought it would be to rewrite. Perhaps because you want it to be short but some things need more language to explain or set up the comparison.
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• The 15 most annoying IT-speak clichés: “The 15 most annoying IT-speak clichés, buzzwords ever used…”
Friday, December 16, 2005
Cliché: hit pay dirt
Meaning: reach a valued goal. Definition and mentions.
Rewrite 1: striketv16a a gold vein6
Rewrite 2: mint silver
Rewrite 3: deliveriv1 coin
Rewrite 4: take downtv3 a piñata full of diamonds
Rewrite 5: hittv6c CEO pay
Rewrite 6: mineiv1a the mother load1
Comment: I overdid myself, but in doing so I hope I demonstrated that there are many ways to say the same thing.
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind: “Gimmicks, like cliches, reveal a lack of craft or imagination, or sometimes downright,” by a writer of crime fiction.
Rewrite 1: striketv16a a gold vein6
Rewrite 2: mint silver
Rewrite 3: deliveriv1 coin
Rewrite 4: take downtv3 a piñata full of diamonds
Rewrite 5: hittv6c CEO pay
Rewrite 6: mineiv1a the mother load1
Comment: I overdid myself, but in doing so I hope I demonstrated that there are many ways to say the same thing.
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind: “Gimmicks, like cliches, reveal a lack of craft or imagination, or sometimes downright,” by a writer of crime fiction.
Thursday, December 15, 2005
Cliché: at the drop of a hat
Meaning: immediately or easily. Origins and mentions.
Rewrite 1: at the drop of a name
Rewrite 2: at the toss of a coin
Rewrite 3: as sudden as a sneeze
Rewrite 4: faster than the snapis3a of a whip
Rewrite 5: easier than licking a stamp
Comment: What else is quick or easy, so quick or easy it will come immediately to mind?
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• John August: “a ton of useful information about screenwriting.” How to avoid clichés in story writing.
Rewrite 1: at the drop of a name
Rewrite 2: at the toss of a coin
Rewrite 3: as sudden as a sneeze
Rewrite 4: faster than the snapis3a of a whip
Rewrite 5: easier than licking a stamp
Comment: What else is quick or easy, so quick or easy it will come immediately to mind?
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• John August: “a ton of useful information about screenwriting.” How to avoid clichés in story writing.
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Cliché: when pigs fly
Meaning: when impossible things happen. Meaning and uses.
Rewrite 1: when trees dance (can you imagine them in Riverdance?)
Rewrite 2: when cats drive
Rewrite 3: when horses skip rope (they can jump but can they skip?)
Rewrite 4: when penguins fly
Rewrite 5: when cars parallel-park themselves
Comment: It sounds awkward when you add many words, as in rewrites 3 and 5, so simpler statements may work better. However, I encourage more imaginative statements, more impossible combinations.
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• Cheats, Cliches, Cartoons, Anime…: “…many ways to cut corners in creating animation.”
Rewrite 1: when trees dance (can you imagine them in Riverdance?)
Rewrite 2: when cats drive
Rewrite 3: when horses skip rope (they can jump but can they skip?)
Rewrite 4: when penguins fly
Rewrite 5: when cars parallel-park themselves
Comment: It sounds awkward when you add many words, as in rewrites 3 and 5, so simpler statements may work better. However, I encourage more imaginative statements, more impossible combinations.
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• Cheats, Cliches, Cartoons, Anime…: “…many ways to cut corners in creating animation.”
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Cliché: toot your own horn
(entered for 12.13.05)
Meaning: make a big deal about something that is yours. Use examples.
Rewrite 1: beep your own horn7a or 7b
Rewrite 2: ring2* your own bell
Rewrite 3: gush over your own accomplishments
Rewrite 4: write your own performance review**
Rewrite 5: make much ado*** about your own nothing
Comment: Not to throw accolades my own way, but I really like rewrite 5, which is a play on one of Shakespeare’s great comedies. The further we can get away from the original the better.
Notes: *Scroll down to the second use of ring. **Go to the “p’s” then scroll about a quarter of the way down the page to find “performance review.” ***See “Shakespeare’s Words”, a Shakespeare glossary, by David Crystal, for more meaning on The Bard’s words and phrases.
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• Sundance Creativity: “Poetic Cliches: …clichés are rampant in poetry today, particularly among new or younger poets.”
Meaning: make a big deal about something that is yours. Use examples.
Rewrite 1: beep your own horn7a or 7b
Rewrite 2: ring2* your own bell
Rewrite 3: gush over your own accomplishments
Rewrite 4: write your own performance review**
Rewrite 5: make much ado*** about your own nothing
Comment: Not to throw accolades my own way, but I really like rewrite 5, which is a play on one of Shakespeare’s great comedies. The further we can get away from the original the better.
Notes: *Scroll down to the second use of ring. **Go to the “p’s” then scroll about a quarter of the way down the page to find “performance review.” ***See “Shakespeare’s Words”, a Shakespeare glossary, by David Crystal, for more meaning on The Bard’s words and phrases.
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• Sundance Creativity: “Poetic Cliches: …clichés are rampant in poetry today, particularly among new or younger poets.”
Cliché: swim against the tide
(entered for 12.12.05; writer's apology: technical difficulties interfered with posting earlier.)
Meaning: oppose popular thought or trend. Sources.
Rewrite 1: swim out as the tiden2 moves in
Rewrite 2: move against the flow
Rewrite 3: blowis2 against the gale
Rewrite 4: cuttv1 across the grainn6
Comment: I thought this one would be easier to recast, but it was something like climbing up a limp rope.
More reading about clichés:
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• Flickr: Monterey Aquarium Clichés: “…pictures from the [Monterey] aquarium should only be posted if they have a very high cliché potential.”
Meaning: oppose popular thought or trend. Sources.
Rewrite 1: swim out as the tiden2 moves in
Rewrite 2: move against the flow
Rewrite 3: blowis2 against the gale
Rewrite 4: cuttv1 across the grainn6
Comment: I thought this one would be easier to recast, but it was something like climbing up a limp rope.
More reading about clichés:
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• Flickr: Monterey Aquarium Clichés: “…pictures from the [Monterey] aquarium should only be posted if they have a very high cliché potential.”
Cliché: not the ghost of a chance
(entered for 12.11.05; writer's apology: technical difficulties interfered with posting earlier)
Meaning: not the slimmest possibility. Origins and mentions.
Rewrite 1: not a demon’s hope of heaven
Rewrite 2: not a snow cone’s chance in the ocean
Rewrite 3: not an iceberg’s chance in the Sahara
Rewrite 4: a bat has a better chance in a blinding snowstorm
Comment: Most similarities to ghosts are difficult to parse for a rewrite, so I tended to other, more substantial lost causes.
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• Chester Novello: “Clichés is a prelude, fugue and blues for jazz sextet and has undergone two bouts of revision since its première by the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group in October 2001 (conducted by Pierre-André Valade).”
Meaning: not the slimmest possibility. Origins and mentions.
Rewrite 1: not a demon’s hope of heaven
Rewrite 2: not a snow cone’s chance in the ocean
Rewrite 3: not an iceberg’s chance in the Sahara
Rewrite 4: a bat has a better chance in a blinding snowstorm
Comment: Most similarities to ghosts are difficult to parse for a rewrite, so I tended to other, more substantial lost causes.
More reading about clichés
What I found when I googled “clichés”:
• Chester Novello: “Clichés is a prelude, fugue and blues for jazz sextet and has undergone two bouts of revision since its première by the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group in October 2001 (conducted by Pierre-André Valade).”
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