It's Been Said Before: A Guide to the Use and Abuse of Clichés

by Orin Hargraves

Book Overview

Careful writers and speakers agree that cliches are generally to be avoided. However, nearly all of us continue to use them. Why do they persist in our language?
In It's Been Said Before, lexicographer Orin Hargraves examines the peculiar idea and power of the cliche. He helps readers understand why certain phrases became cliches and why they should be avoided -- or why they still have life left in them. Indeed, cliches can be useful -- even...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199315736
• ISBN13: 9780199315734
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"