Can the expression in bold be used figuratively?
We are only at the beginning of the road and we have so much to do.
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It is OK with a comma after "road", but such cliches should be used sparingly and advisedly. In isolation, it sounds like you don't know how to describe what you are actually at the beginning of, so you hide behind a meaningless formula. But context might permit it.
- It is OK with a comma after "road", but such cliches should be used sparingly and advisedly.
- In isolation, it sounds like you don't know how to describe what you are actually at the beginning of, so you hide behind a meaningless formula.
- But context might permit it.
- Still, once you get on that road, you are stuck with the metaphor from then on.
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It is OK with a comma after "road", but such cliches should be used sparingly and advisedly. In isolation, it sounds like you don't know how to describe what you are actually at the beginning of, so you hide behind a meaningless formula. But context might permit it. Still, once you get on that road, you are stuck with the metaphor from then on.
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