Meaning: I can beat you even with disadvantages. Use examples. Rewrite 1: I could whip you even with my arm in a sling. Rewrite 2: I could whip you while hopping on one leg. Rewrite 3: I could whip you with both arms tied behind my back. Rewrite 4: you couldn’t beat me if I had my back turned toward to you.
Comment: This is something most often recited by children, so you can afford to be extravagant with your claims, even a bit adventurous.
More reading about clichés What I found when I googled “clichés”: • In Cliches in Action Scenes, “Author Network offers a number of helpful articles on the business of writing - Clichés in Action Scenes by Linda Adams.”
posted by Booksville Bookclub at 12:08 PM on Dec 2, 2005
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