Plenty of Fish... ah, You Know The Rest.

Time for a game, everyone! So, this is how it works. One person will say a cliche, and the next person has to come up with something creative to replace it, and then they say another cliche, and so on. It'll be a different way of learning what to use and what to avoid. Rules are as follows:

1.) You cannot name a cliche that has already been named
2.) You cannot write something to replace your own cliche
3.) Make your replacements creative!
4.) Have fun with it!
5.) If two people post their reply to the same one, whoever posted it first according to the site will be considered the replier.

I'll start!

There's Plenty Of Fish In The Sea

The net's full, but you picked a minnow. Try fishing more.

His eyes were blue enough to swim in. (I dread this cliche.)

You could say his eyes are the ocean you want to swim in. But you couldn't say you want to swim in circles, could you?

(I'm not good at replacing something creative for a cliche. Cliché: Without you, I've got no hand to hold.)

1st person: Without you, I've got no hand to hold.
2nd person:But you have two hands.

Cliché: They knew they were meant to be

They knew they were meant to be; fate knew they weren't.

Cliche: Without you, I'm not whole.

Without you, I'm not whole because you took my kidney and sold it on the black market.

Cliche: Every cloud has a silver lining.

Every cloud has a silver lining, which is why rain is toxic now.

Cliche: You mean everything to me.

"You mean everything to me."
"Stop talking to your dictionary, weirdo."


Cliche: Their love would last an eternity.

Cliche: Their love would last an eternity.
Fix: Their eternity would last for as long as their love.

Cliche: It was white like a fresh blanket of snow.

Cliche: It was white like a fresh blanket of snow.
Fix: A white blanket, freshly laundered, lay on the snow.

Cliche: She could feel her heart snapping in two.

A heart cannot snap in two. You could die, if that happened.

Cliche: actions speak louder than words.

Sometimes words can do more than actions.

Cliche: crying like a baby

Stop crying like a baby who has been left to its own devices by a mother without a heart.

Cliche: The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

...Ever heard of the Titanic?


Cliche: Dancing in the moonlight.

"...why are you still awake at midnight... and why are you dancing in moonlight?"
"Hey, I can do what I want!"

No pain, no gain.