Here is a list of 200 well-known clichés:
1. A chip off the old block
2. A clean slate
3. A drop in the ocean
4. A fine kettle of fish
5. A loose canon
6. A pain in the neck
7. Add insult to injury
8. Against all odds
9. Air your dirty laundry
10. All your eggs in one basket
11. All’s well that ends well
12. An axe to grind
13. Another day, another dollar
14. At the end of the day
15. At this moment in time
16. Avoid like the plague (did you catch the irony there?)
17. Back to Square One
18. Back to the drawing board
19. Ballpark figure
20. Banging your head against a brick wall
21. Baptism of fire
22. Bark is worse that their bite
23. Barking up the wrong tree
24. Beat around the bush
25. Beggars can’t be choosers
26. Best thing since sliced bread
27. Bet your bottom dollar
28. Between a rock and a hard place
29. Beyond the pale
30. Big fish in a small pond
31. Bite the hand that feeds you
32. Bite the bullet
33. Bitten off more than they can chew
34. Blind leading the blind
35. Blood is thicker than water
36. Bone of contention
37. Bring home the bacon
38. Broken record
39. Bull in a china shop
40. Burning the candle at both ends
41. Bury the hatchet
42. By hook or by crook
43. By the same token
44. Calm before the storm
45. Can’t cut the mustard
46. Cat got your tongue
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How to Write a Good Story
RandomThis book is a collection of resources and random tips that will help you become a better writer and create stories worth reading. Since I've started the writing journey, and particularly started editing freelancers' works, I've discovered there are...
