Cliched metaphors: Talking until you're blue in the face, armed to the teeth, you don't have a leg to stand on, a light at the end of the tunnel, land of milk and honey, once in a blue moon, a rolling stone gathers no moss.
Switched metaphors: a rolling moon gathers no honey, once in a blue tunnel, land of moss and stone, a face at the end of the leg, you don't have a light to stand on, armed to the moon, rolling until your light in the teeth.
All of your new metaphors are leaps and bounds better than the cliches, and you need to use all of them in your writing at some point.
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