clichés Tag

29 Jun 2010

Posted at 12:32h in Grammar tips, Word stuff by
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Well that’s that then. The fat lady is singing and we’re all as sick as a parrot. Following England’s early bath we’ve started the post mortem and the clichés have been spewing out quicker than Lionel Messi on speed. ‘We’re failing at grass roots level’. ‘We need to have a roots and branch investigation.’ ‘England needs an English manager.’ What is it...

19 Feb 2010

Posted at 12:15h in Grammar tips, Word stuff by
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I was thinking about metaphors on the journey into work this morning. And that’s because practically every single segment on the radio used a metaphor at some point. Metaphors make a comparison between two things that are basically different but have something in common. So Arsene Wenger was boiling mad over Porto’s dodgy goal Bankers’ bonuses are difficult to swallow The ball rocketed into...