De-cliché-ify A Phrase Like "Everything Went Black"

De-cliché-ify A Phrase Like "Everything Went Black"

What is that phrase you read that bugs you?  It’s not cliché (like all that and a bag of chips), but yet, because it appears in almost every single book you read, it is cliché.  My phrase:  Everything went black.  (Here’s a little something fun–the origin of the phrase “everything went black” and other clichés…)…