2006-09-04 03:43:13 · 10 answers · asked by The Gadfly 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Male authors: "She was not a perfect beauty...." - Then it comes: Either her lips are too full or she has this beauty spot under her eye, her breasts are a bit too big or whatever ... Nothing anyone would call a blemish... au contraire!
Female authors: Their female protagonists very rarely feel too fat, they're always too skinny and suffer from their thin, long legs...
Come on, girls!!!!
"It was one of those (...) days...."
The ONE obligatory sex scene! You don't have to write it! Or in case you're one of the very few authors who is able to write inventive sex scenes write at least TWO or one in the end and not exactly in the middle of the book!
2006-09-04 05:34:48 · answer #1 · answered by msmiligan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think this is a phrase most people use as a cliche, but in books:
'He shook his head to clear it'.
Nobody does that! If you're feeling a bit groggy, shaking your head is only going to make it worse. And yet there must be hundreds of books where authors use that line.
2006-09-04 10:49:31 · answer #2 · answered by catelf7 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Reach for the stars"
"Stop and smell the roses"
"We will never forget"
"It was God's grace"
"There's no place like home."
"New lease on Life"
"A(n) ________ a day keeps the doctor away"
"Nail in the coffin"
"Piece of cake"
"Easy as 1-2-3"
"Cat got your tongue?"
"It's not all it's cracked up to be"
"Barking up the wrong tree"
"He's in a better place"
"He/she's looking down upon us"
"He went home to be with the Lord"
"Best thing since sliced bread"
and....
Michael Jackson
2006-09-04 11:10:12 · answer #3 · answered by Paley Pale 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Paja. "At the end of the day." Probably because I hear it from my boss a dozen times before the end of each day.
2006-09-04 10:55:28 · answer #4 · answered by M. Romeo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"I will bring down the moon for you" or on that scale. I mean, c'mon we all know that you won't, and besides, what am I going to do with the moon, for heaven's sake??!!
2006-09-04 15:52:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
And they lived happily ever after!
2006-09-05 00:26:54 · answer #6 · answered by Astarael 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"thinking out of the box"
"Is the glass half empty or half full?"
2006-09-05 04:36:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"At the end of the day "
Aaaaaggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh
2006-09-04 10:47:21 · answer #8 · answered by Patchouli Pammy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well personally i wouldn't but....
2006-09-04 10:52:33 · answer #9 · answered by skye 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"It could be worse"
"Life goes on"
2006-09-04 11:14:06 · answer #10 · answered by Sherona B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋