Today in writing we talked about not using cliches in our formal writing. Here are a few examples of what a cliche is…
blind as a bat, bite your tongue, bite the dust, clear as a bell, cut to the chase, beats me, behind the eight ball…
Your task is to come up with at least five more cliches and post them here. You are not allowed to use ones that have already been posted by other students.
Cliche 1.) Better late than never
Cliche 2.) Birds and the bees
Cliche 3.) Cat out of the bag
Cliche 4.) Curiosity killed the cat
Cliche 5.) Cute as a button
cliches-
Couldn’t care less
Clear as mud
Can’t cut the mustard
Brain drain
Cat got your toungue
Bored to tears
Caught red handed
Blast from the past
Set your bottom dollar
Avoid it as all costs
1.court red handed
2.born with a spoon in your mouth
3.catch a ball by its horns
4.dont through stones at a glass house
5.sticks and stones brack my bones but feelings dont
1.clear as mud
2.hold your horses
3.can’t cut the musterd
4.bet my last dollor
5.back on track
1.Im so hungry i can eat a hores
2.Bright as a light boulb
3.kill two bird with one stone
4.back on the path
5.black as coal
1)BACK ON THE SADDLE
2) BACK TO SQUARE ONE
3) GET OFF YOUR HIGH HORSE
4) SOMEONE GOT OUT ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED THIS MOPRNING
OOPS HERE IS MY LAST ONE
5) COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS
1: Dumest of the clown bunch.
2: Cute as a kitten.
3: Lie, lie, pants on fire.
4: Broken as shattered glass.
5: Brightest corn in the cornfeild.
1) calm before the storm
2) before the eight ball
3) that was a textbook play
4) babe in the woods
5) back against the wall
1.slow down your horses
2.justice is blind
3.sharpe as nails
4.boy will be boys
5.build a bridge and get over it
1.) Easy as pie
2.) Ants in his pants
3.) Any friend of yours is a friend of mine.
4.) At the crack of dawn
5.) Can’t hold a candle to
1.fast as a lion
2.slow as a snail
3.ugly as a old lady
4.i eat to much and now i am going to pop
5.brains like a dictionary
1) An acorn dosnt fall far from the tree.
2) All hands on deck.
3) Bad to the bone.
4) Bend over backwards.
5) Like water off a ducks back.
1:Caught Red Handed.
2:Im On The Road Agian.
3:Shes As Blind As A Bat.
4:Hold Your Horses.
5: I’m So Hungry I Can Eat An Elephant.
1.get on your high house
2. hit the nail on the head
3. these game was a weal of game
4.cut the muted
5.hit the beid with one stone
1 Calm before the storm .
2 Im so hungry I can eat an elephant.
3 Ugly as an old lady.
4 Fast as a lion.
5 Boys will be boys.