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  2. A picture is worth a thousand words - Wikipedia

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    The modern use of the phrase is generally attributed to Fred R. Barnard. Barnard wrote this phrase in the advertising trade journal Printers' Ink, promoting the use of images in advertisements that appeared on the sides of streetcars. [6] The December 8, 1921, issue carries an ad entitled, "One Look is Worth A Thousand Words."

  3. Snowclone - Wikipedia

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    The original request from Geoffrey Pullum, in addition to citing the Eskimos-and-snow namesake of the term snowclone, mentioned a poster slogan for the 1979 film Alien, "In space, no one can hear you scream", which was cloned into numerous variations stating that in space, no one can hear you belch, bitch, blog, cream, DJ, dream, drink, etc. [2]

  4. Cliché - Wikipedia

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    A cliché (UK: / ˈ k l iː ʃ eɪ / or US: / k l iː ˈ ʃ eɪ /; French:) is a saying, idea, or element of an artistic work that has become overused to the point of losing its original meaning, novelty, or figurative or artistic power, even to the point of now being bland or uninteresting. [1]

  5. How to Write a Real Love Poem (Without Clichés or Bad ... - AOL

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    When a poem is flooded with too much emotion, it becomes sentimental, even cheesy; but when a poem risks nothing, it leaves a reader cold. The best love poems enact the hyperaware state of being ...

  6. Wikipedia:If you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas

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    Croatian poet, Nikola Dimitrović (1510-1553), of Dubrovnik, in his poem "Pričice: izete iz svetoga pisma i filosofa" (Words of Wisdom: Taken from Holy Scripture and Philosophy", written in the 1540s, included on line 145 "Svak, sa psi tko lieže, s buhami ustaje" ("Everyone who lies with dogs, rises up with fleas").

  7. Trope (literature) - Wikipedia

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    For example, referring to the whole with the name of a part, such as "hired hands" for workers; a part with the name of the whole, such as "the law" for police officers; the general with the specific, such as "bread" for food; the specific with the general, such as "cat" for a lion; or an object with its substance, such as "bricks and mortar ...

  8. Work Quotes: 13 Funny Favorites - AOL

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    Musings about work life have long been fodder for humorists, authors, executives, and just your general "Joe Worker bee." Here are some of my favorite quotes about Work Quotes: 13 Funny Favorites

  9. Show, don't tell - Wikipedia

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    Show, don't tell is a narrative technique used in various kinds of texts to allow the reader to experience the story through actions, words, subtext, thoughts, senses, and feelings rather than through the author's exposition, summarization, and description. [1]