Turn a Tired Cliché into a Humorous Phrase

Where’s There’s a Cliché, There’s a Critic

If you write with clichés, you write things like, “Where there’s a will there’s a way.”

If that’s you, expect to be called lazy.

Even Google is critical of clichés, defining them as “a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought.”

Ouch.

Lists of clichés to avoid abound on the Internet. One site listed 681 of them. It can be harder to avoid a cliché than a rerun of Law & Order.

Don’t throw the cliché out with the scorn. Throw in a twist instead.

A redeemed cliché can draw a laugh from your readers.

Where there’s a will there’s a family fighting over it.

He who laughs last thinks slowest.

What doesn’t kill you makes you stranger.

Hopefully, you’re now inspired to transform a tired cliché into a fresh, humorous phrase.