INSTRUCTIONS: To see how easily clichés come to mind,
INSTRUCTIONS: To see how easily clichés come to mind, complete the trite expressions in the following “speech”:
“First and _______________, as you travel down the _______________ to success, you will face many challenges _______________ and beyond the call of _______________ If you persevere, you will pass life’s greatest tests with _______________ colors; and you can then point with _______________ to your achievement For you will then be truly in a class _______________ _______________ In the _______________ analysis, when all is _______________ and _______________, it goes without _______________ that each and _______________ _______________ of you can succeed only if you _______________ the line and keep your _______________ to the wheel as well as your _______________ to the grindstone Last but not _______________, I must remind you that all of this is _______________ said than _______________“
Come up with a metaphor (or replacement) for the following clichés and euphemisms:
1 knowing the ropes
2 lap of luxury
3 bottom line
4 severe nutritional deficiency
5 electronic surveillance
6 skating on thin ice
7 bite the dust
8 nipped in the bud
9 wedded bliss
10 uphill fight