Cliches

To add insult to injury means...

• to strenuously avoid

• to make matter worse

• without much of a reason at all

• a dangerous situation

A blessing in disguise is...

• there's going to be trouble

• a welcome solution in a bad situation

• a bad situation from which may come good

• to get on with something despite unpleasantness

It never rains but it pours ...

• it's too early to come to a conclusion

• it is complicated

• things will turn out for the best in the end

• when something goes wrong other things goes wrong too

To reinvent the wheel means...

• wasting time doing work that's already been done

• a trustworthy basis for something

• a meaningful silence

• in full health

Why shouldn't you use clichés in your writing?

• They're considered boring and corny

• It's hard to figure out their true meaning

• They're not used often enough to be well-known

• They use complex, tricky words

How can an idiom become a cliché?

• By changing certain words

• By having more than one meaning

• By becoming popular

• By being overused

Love is _________.

• fair

• blind

• beautiful

• lovely

Beauty _____________________.

• and the beast

• comes first

• and fashion

• is in the eye of the beholder

It's too good _________________________.

• to be true

• to be real

• to be done

• for you

Every cloud has __________________________.

• a hidden rainbow

• a silver lining

• a lot of raindrops

• blue sky behind it