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Lake HuronMIONTARIONYDaytripping to Oxford County, WOODSTOCK, NORWICH, PRINCETON and EMBROThe Passing ClichéThe other day my grandson wasabout to do something redundant andI commented that it would be like"carrying coals to Newcastle." Notonly did he not know what I meant, hedidn't even know where Newcastle was.In fact, he wasn't even toosure about coal. ("I've heardof coal. Didn't they used tomake fires with it in the oldendays?")The experience wasunnerving, but it made merealize that many of ourcliches have lost their originalmeanings. Some, by a strangetwist of the language, have completelynew connotations. Others now conveynothing at all. Consider the following:"A penny saved is a penny earned."Even though a "penny" is no longer legaltender, most people will accept it as asynonym for "cent.” But what good isa cent today? About the only use forthat particular coin is to mark a golf ballon the putting green. Most bubble gummachines now gobble up dimes and Ihaven't seen a "penny" scale in years."I'll tan your hide." When my fatherused that expression I knew exactlywhat he meant. The process of applyingheat to my backside may have differedslightly from the method used to convertanimal skins to leather, but we hadabsolutely no communication problem.Today, with vinyl replacing leather foralmost everything except holding cowstogether and with naturalists shouting"endangered species" whenever anyother kind of pelt is considered forconversion, the tanning industry hasfallen upon hard times. In addition,any parent who dares to apply palm tobuttock as a measure of discipline (oreven just to get the kid's attention) facesa lecture from the child abuse people,criminal charges from the courts and thepossibility of a lawsuit fromthe child himself."A miss is as good as amile." While this particularexpression hasn't hit the junkheap yet, it's on its way. Theconversion to metric willforce the next generationto lump "mile" with otherobsolete units of measuresuch as "stone,” "hand," "hogshead"and "league." It's a pity too, becausemost of these cliches became standardexpressions because they had a certain"ring" to them. Somehow, "If you'regoing to miss your target by a millimeter,you may as well miss it by a kilometer,"doesn't have the same pizzazz."He has an axe to grind." There maystill be the odd adventurous soul whotakes to the woods for his vacation andwho will therefore know what an axeis, but those who spend theirholidays in lodges or summerresorts will have no idea. Eventhose who own fireplaces thathaven’t yet been convertedto gas, probably use logsof compressed sawdust.The connotation of havingsomething pressing to do;some problem to resolve, waslost about the same time asthe lumberjack traded in his double-bitfor a chain saw.by A. C. Stone, Windsorfrom Daytripping March-April 2002"I'll cook his goose." In this era of fastfood outlets and microwave ovens, ifyou wanted to cook somebody's goosetoday, you would likely have to reheathis Kentucky Fried Chicken."She poured oil on the troubledwaters." This expression has a wholenew meaning which is reinforcedevery time a tanker breaks up andspews its cargo into the ocean. Ratherthan the calming effect the clichéoriginally intended, oil on the water nowsends environmentalists into a state ofadvanced agitation."Let's smoke the peace pipe." Thisold Native custom has signified themaking of friends or reconciliation afteran argument ever since the last treatywas signed. Use it today and the kids willthink you've found a new way to turn on."He's my right hand man." This termhas been legislated out of existence.Valued assistants must now be known as"right hand persons" to comply with antidiscriminationlaws and will disappearcompletely if the left handed people everget organized. Other standby’s suchas "flogging a dead horse," "letting thecat out of the bag" and "killingtwo birds with one stone" areall frowned upon by the Societyfor the Prevention of Cruelty toAnimals.Personally, I think it's ashame. I hate to see expressionswhich have been around for ageneration or more droppedfrom the language. 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