“Unlock Your Words: Ditch the Clichés and Discover the Secrets to Captivating Writing!”
Note, however, that in both examples, the cliché can be removed to tighten up the language, or it can be replaced with simpler, non-cliché language:
- I’m in the bookstore, looking for a book on space travel.
- Currently, there is no way to travel faster than the speed of light.
As you can see, sometimes a cliché does nothing more than clutter up the language, unnecessarily.
Other clichés that Oxford lists are more colorful and visual in nature, such as using “a level playing field” to refer to fairness. And then there are the really obvious clichés. These tend to be useful for communicating an idea quickly and vividly. For example, “one bad apple spoils the bunch.”
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