amir's creative wrighting teacher advised him to "avoid cliches like the plaque."how does amir feel about this statement? how do you feel about this statement

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"A creative writing teacher at San Jose State used to say about clichés: "Avoid them like the plague." Then he'd laugh at his own joke. The class laughed along with him, but I always thought clichés got a bum rap. Because, often, they're dead-on. But the aptness of the clichéd saying is overshadowed by the nature of the saying as a cliché. For example, "the elephant in the room" saying. Nothing could more correctly describe the initial moments of my reunion with Rahim Khan."

I really find them annoying lacking in any original thought unless they are used to further an alternate meaning.