Meaning: home is where you go at the end of your day. Use examples. Rewrite 1: home is where you put to rest the struggles of the day Rewrite 2: home is where you can claim* all the things therein Rewrite 3: your troubles stop at the doorstep to your home Rewrite 4: you can “go to the office” but you can “stay at home” *See under “Idiom”
Comment: This cliché has a nostalgic feel to it and it most often reflects the special place “home” is in all of our lives. Thus, the rewrites try to pick up on that feel.
More reading about clichés What I found when I googled “clichés”: • Clichés used in Narcotics Anonymous: Phrases from a hard life’s experiences? Push button to retrieve additional phrases.
posted by Booksville Bookclub at 11:27 AM on Nov 16, 2005
No comments yet.
Close this window