05-26-2013, 02:08 PM
depends on usage. Idiomatic phrases that are unoriginal are cliche. A heart can never literally be brave and if you are using phrases like "cold touch" exclusively as literal expressions in poetry than you might be wasting space . . .
phrases like "sleep now old bones" are not telling literal old bones to sleep, they are speaking figuratively.
been there, done that.
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phrases like "sleep now old bones" are not telling literal old bones to sleep, they are speaking figuratively.
been there, done that.
1,000,000 times