Dumb Sports Metaphors To Avoid In Writing

Cliches and confusion about over-used sports quotes

Christyl Rivers, Phd.
ILLUMINATION
Published in
3 min readApr 25, 2024

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Keep your kick

In everyday use we have several play field-fuls of overused sports metaphors. When used as much as they are, they lose their kick. They also can indicate lazy thinking, and sometimes, elitist knowledge.

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Christyl Rivers, Phd.
ILLUMINATION

Ecopsychologist, Writer, Farmer, Defender of reality, and Cat Castle Custodian.