I don't want to be criticized for my opinions on a support forum, not really. I honed them myself with care, and no opinion is water tight, nor is fact. That's why facts change, data is subjective. Disagree with me, well yes that's not a problem, it's expected sometimes.
The boards have been a bit tense lately, but ehmm I am not asking to be criticized when I post, just making a note of that here.
I use cliches with little care all the time.

I don't think it matters too much. I make up metaphors, I am sure they make sense to me most of the time, and possibly a few other people some of the time. No big deal..
I also use lots of commas, like this, and then here, and I use ....... when I used up all my comma quota,... no biggie.