Extend the metaphor to make a worn-out phrase new again
Call it a cliché makeover.
Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, breathes new life into old, worn-out phrases in his 2006 letter to shareholders.
His secret: extending the original metaphor the cliché was based on. Here, he personifies Mother Nature as a real person:
“Our most important business, insurance, benefited from a large dose of luck: Mother Nature, bless her heart, went on vacation.
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