Thomas_Anderson  +  652629 Fri, 23 Jan 09 02:44 PM "It used to be a platitude of Western—and Marxist—analysis of China that wrenching economic change would demand political reform. Yet China’s economy boomed with little sign of any serious political liberalisation to match the economic free-for-all. The cliché fell into disuse. Indeed, many, even in democratic bastions such as India, began to fall for the Chinese Communist Party’s argument that dictatorship was good for growth, whereas Indian democracy was a luxury paid for by the poor, in the indefinite extension of their poverty." This excerpt is from The Economist December 13th, 2008 issue. I am confused in this sentence "The cliché fell into disuse". From the dictionary cliche = an idea or phrase that has been used so much that it is not effective or does not have any meaning any longer disuse = a situation in which sth is no longer being used So what I understand is that cliche and disuse means the same thing. But then what this "The cliché fell into disuse" will mean? Please help me with it. Thomas_Anderson Joined on Wed, Dec 3 2008 Junior Member 61 Education, Information and Software should be free and unrestricted. Sentences, Countries, Asia, China

	Clive  +  652675 Fri, 23 Jan 09 03:30 PM Hi, Cliches are often uttered, even if they are not very useful or meaningful. But if a cliche falls into disuse, it means people stop using it. The implication here is that people thought this particular cliche no longer contained any truth at all. Best wishes, Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,668 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo