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Useful Information No 16: Fill in the cliché

 

‘You should avoid clichés like the plague,’ we are advised. But what if you are an admirer of clichés, and enjoy using them? Here are a few to test your skill. Can you complete these popular clichés?

• ...to be absolutely ****** with you…

• ...in any ***, ***** or ****…

• They say it will soon be ready. But don’t expect an announcement *** **** ****.

• The exhibition opens tomorrow, but this afternoon I was able to have a ***** preview.

• It’s a *****-**** community; they keep ********** to **********.

• There’s £2,000 in prizes up for *****.

• This was an accident ******* ** ******.

• Local folk are ********** to **** ** ***** with their loss.

• This should be a ****-** call for industry.

• Here’s an idea that’s gaining ********.