Meaning: like someone let loose where their desires can run wild. Use examples. Rewrite 1: like a dad in a hardware store Rewrite 2: like a mom in a department store Rewrite 3: like a kid in a Disney store Rewrite 4: like a lion loose in a zoo
Comment: We need to be careful about reinforcing stereotypes, which is all too easy to fall prey to in this cliché.
More reading about clichés What I found when I googled “clichés”: • Thundering Cliches: “By the fiction editors of the Thrilling Detective Web Site… …here's the kinda stuff we'd be just as happy not seeing ever again.”
posted by Booksville Bookclub at 11:44 AM on Nov 26, 2005
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