Link Of The Week- Need A Cliche?

Do you need a cliche in your book? What about a cliche using the word cock? (This word has come up 81 times in the past few days…….don’t ask.) :-)

Our find would generate a list of cliches using that very word: John Hancock

warms the cockles of your heart

go off half-cocked

cock of the walk

a cock and bull story

proud as a peacock

 

“A cliche is not just something that lots of people say; It’s something that lots of people say and it conveys some sort of idea or message. A cliche is, in other words, a metaphor characterized by its overuse.”

http://www.westegg.com/cliche/