GN Focus: I Wish There Was Another Word for Grace - John A Halford - January 1985

John A Halford

Someone once remarked that working too hard without taking care of yourself was like "burning the candle at both ends." It was a good analogy, but it has been used so much that it has become a cliche. It is the same with sayings like "Every cloud has a silver lining" and "All's well that ends well." They have become stereotyped and hackneyed by overuse. That's the trouble with cliches - their very familiarity works against them to blunt their impact. No writer or speaker who is "worth his salt" (oops) dares risk cliches. If he wants to "strike while the iron is hot" (sorry about that) he must find a different, less predictable way to make a point. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library