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Split a tag and kill a cliché

In his essay "Politics and the English Language," George Orwell identified ... a huge dump of worn-out metaphors which have lost all evocative power and are merely used because they save people the trouble of inventing phrases for themselves. Examples are: Ring the changes on, take up the cudgel for, toe the line, ride roughshod … Continue reading Split a tag and kill a cliché →

mattedgar language 1 Comment July 24, 2006February 11, 2008 1 Minute

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