Meaning: what’s on your mind? Meaning and uses. Rewrite 1: a buck for a piece of your mind Rewrite 2: the going rate for what’s on your mind is a penny, and I’m buying Rewrite 3: a penny5 a thought, and I’m in the market Rewrite 4: it’s a seller’s market – a nickel2b a thought Rewrite 5: I’d pay a nickel to know what you’re thinking
Comment: These comparisons are a dime a piece in today’s parlance, but I think I’ve taken the metaphor beyond its more modest beginnings.
More reading about clichés What I found when I googled “clichés”: • GriefworksBC: “The Dreaded Cliché. How Using Those Worn Out Phrases Can Be Quite Hurtful.”
Note: By providing links to other websites I am only showing you what is out there about clichés – I am not endorsing any content or opinion expressed there.
Check out the searchable alphabetical list of all my cliché rewrites available in the archive list at the right.
posted by Booksville Bookclub at 10:59 PM on Mar 22, 2006
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