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Understanding cliches, sayings, euphemisms, and expressions can be as easy as shooting fish in a barrel. Just look up the phrases on the Web. Several sites can tell you the meaning (and sometimes the origin) of a cliche. ClicheSite.com, for example, offers information on more than 2,100 cliches. You can search for the one you're interested in, or you can browse through 20 categories. ClicheSite.com offers information on each entry in its database. An online thesaurus of cliches, hackneyed phrases, trite expressions, overused terms, and other battered ornaments is called Keeping up with the Joneses. Anne Jones, editor of the site, didn't want to reinvent the wheel, so she based her online reference book on the classification structure Peter Mark Roget used when he compiled his now-famous thesaurus.
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It's As 'Easy As Pie'
Good writers avoid clichés like the plague, but you might be in hot water if someone asks, "Are you fair dinkum?" and you don't catch his drift. Fortunately, understanding clichés, sayings, euphemisms, and expressions can be as easy as shooting fish in a barrel. Just look up the phrases on the Web. Several sites can tell you the meaning (and sometimes the origin) of a cliché.
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