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cliché collection
What is your favourite/least favourite cliché?
Does anybody have original words that are worth being overused?
Animals: fat as a pig, sick as a dog, lazy as an old hound.
Landscape: old as the hills, deep as the ocean.
Original words worth remembering:
My grandpa used to say "It'd take two of him to make a half wit."
Of course, he wasn't referring to me or the way I messed up his garden.
Does anybody have original words that are worth being overused?
Animals: fat as a pig, sick as a dog, lazy as an old hound.
Landscape: old as the hills, deep as the ocean.
Original words worth remembering:
My grandpa used to say "It'd take two of him to make a half wit."
Of course, he wasn't referring to me or the way I messed up his garden.
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I like Home Depot cliches: hard as nails, straight as a board, half a bubble off plumb
"Throughout history, Truth and Love have always won." - M. Ghandi
"Truth and Love often get the crap kicked out of them along the way." -D. Mudge
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"Truth and Love often get the crap kicked out of them along the way." -D. Mudge
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"Snug as a bug in a rug", maybe?
"Throughout history, Truth and Love have always won." - M. Ghandi
"Truth and Love often get the crap kicked out of them along the way." -D. Mudge
www.joyfulcurmudgeon.com
www.imaginationtogo.com
www.wowwebnow.com
"Truth and Love often get the crap kicked out of them along the way." -D. Mudge
www.joyfulcurmudgeon.com
www.imaginationtogo.com
www.wowwebnow.com

nothing is ever simply Yes or No. There's always a But...
GINGERBREAD MAN by Mary Lou Healy at Amazon.com http://www.publishamerica.com/shopping/ ... ogid=16658 at Publish America
GINGERBREAD MAN by Mary Lou Healy at Amazon.com http://www.publishamerica.com/shopping/ ... ogid=16658 at Publish America
I had a friend who always said, "It's enough to make a dog chew a chain."
nothing is ever simply Yes or No. There's always a But...
GINGERBREAD MAN by Mary Lou Healy at Amazon.com http://www.publishamerica.com/shopping/ ... ogid=16658 at Publish America
GINGERBREAD MAN by Mary Lou Healy at Amazon.com http://www.publishamerica.com/shopping/ ... ogid=16658 at Publish America
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How about "butt-out" cliches? "who rattled your cage?" "who yanked your chain?" "No comments from the Peanut Gallery" . . .
"Throughout history, Truth and Love have always won." - M. Ghandi
"Truth and Love often get the crap kicked out of them along the way." -D. Mudge
www.joyfulcurmudgeon.com
www.imaginationtogo.com
www.wowwebnow.com
"Truth and Love often get the crap kicked out of them along the way." -D. Mudge
www.joyfulcurmudgeon.com
www.imaginationtogo.com
www.wowwebnow.com
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Lissen, girlie, when I want your opinion, I'll give it to you!
"Throughout history, Truth and Love have always won." - M. Ghandi
"Truth and Love often get the crap kicked out of them along the way." -D. Mudge
www.joyfulcurmudgeon.com
www.imaginationtogo.com
www.wowwebnow.com
"Truth and Love often get the crap kicked out of them along the way." -D. Mudge
www.joyfulcurmudgeon.com
www.imaginationtogo.com
www.wowwebnow.com
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Not playing with a full deck...
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Not playing with a full deck...
Up sh*t creek without a paddle...
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