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avoiding cliches



Cliches – avoid them like the plague

Stella

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10/09/2013

Certain phrases have become a bone of contention for readers who like to call a spade a spade. At the risk of opening up a can of worms, I’m going to take the bull by the horns and cut to the chase. I’m talking about cliches, of course. A cliché is an expression or phrase …

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