Factiva Insight: Clichés in the Media

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Factiva Insight: Clichés in the Media

June 2006






















The Cliches

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concerned residentsdead cat bouncedog eat dogeat your own dog foodfiring on all cylindersfly by nightfreak accidentfull-scale searchgang bustershorror smashhot pursuitin the blackin the nick of timein the redlast-ditch effortleave no stone unturnedleft at the altarlevel playing field

low hanging fruitnose to the grindstoneoutpouring of supportrushed to the sceneshrouded in mysterysplit secondsurvival of the fittesttense standoffthe eleventh hourthink outside the boxtime after timetime and againtime heals all woundstime is moneytime is running outunsung heroesup the antewealth of experiencewipe the slate clean

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Factiva Insight: Clichés in the Media