Writers, writers, writers.
Please. If you’re a budding writer, a hopeful author, or even just a person who occasionally writes lists, PLEASE do not stoop to using clichés. Please. Do. Not.
I just had to put down a book because of this sentence:
The tailor smiled and his stitches flew, faster than she could think.
Look: no one, but no one sews faster than a person can think. And if they can sew faster than she can think, then boy has she got a problem.
Writers, you have been warned. Don’t Do It.
This has been a public service announcement of the Most Egregious Language Blunders. Thank-you.
Noted.
Very well said. You made a powerful point, and you did it humorously – you rock!
Thanks for making me giggle. Come to think of it, you're absolutely right!
I hate running across something like that in an otherwise good book – it completely jars me out of the story.