
By using stale metaphors, similes and idioms, you save much mental effort, at the cost of leaving your meaning vague, not only for your reader but for yourself.

Check all other quotes by George Orwell
Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.
Embed:Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.
Citation
Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:
MLA Style Citation
"George Orwell Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2025. Tue. 11 Mar. 2025. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/By-using-stale-metaphors-similes-and-idioms-611079>.
Check out
Other quotes of George Orwell
Other quotes you may like
Quote Description
This page presents the quote "By using stale metaphors, similes and idioms, you save much mental effort, at the cost of leaving your meaning vague, not only for your reader but for yourself.". Author of this quote is George Orwell. This quote is about writing, effort, leaving, cost, vague, reader, stale,.