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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Avoiding Cliches
We are told to avoid cliches, but this particular one I find to be the best, simplest way to convey what's to be said:
But this is easier than it sounds.
Do you have a preferred paraphrase or would you too use this cliche?
But this is easier than it sounds.
Do you have a preferred paraphrase or would you too use this cliche?
Top answer
I wouldn't call this a "cliché".
- I wouldn't call this a "cliché".
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Sorry, I wrote down the wrong phrase: 
Easier said than done is what I meant.
Easier said than done is what I meant.
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I wouldn't call it a cliche. This sort of fixed structure is a common, standard, and very ingrained part of all communication.
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Sorry, but I'm not sure whether or not you are talking about my first, incorrect sentence, or the one I wrote in my seccond post. Could you please clarify?
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I was speaking of the first. 'Easier said than done' I would call a fixed phrase; again, not a cliche. Cliches to me are utterances like 'American as apple pie' and 'between a rock and a hard place'.
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I think I have an unhelpfully subjective definition of "cliché". To me, something is a "cliché" only when it gets on my nerves!
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I think that's an excellent definition, Mr W. They are extremely hard to list, for one thing– and one man's cliche is another's mot juste.
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