Do you need a cliche in your book? What about a cliche using the word cock? (This word has come up 81 times in the past few days…….don’t ask.) :-)
Our find would generate a list of cliches using that very word: John Hancock
warms the cockles of your heart
go off half-cocked
cock of the walk
a cock and bull story
proud as a peacock
“A cliche is not just something that lots of people say; It’s something that lots of people say and it conveys some sort of idea or message. A cliche is, in other words, a metaphor characterized by its overuse.”
http://www.westegg.com/cliche/
