Writing Prompt: Killing Clichés

Here's the latest writing prompt from Writer's Digest:

Write 10 sentences using a different cliché in each. Now, rewrite the sentence to eliminate the cliché and find a more clever and creative way to convey its meaning.

Lots of folks have taken this and made a whole 500-word story out of it, but I simply took the instructions at face value, wrote out ten clichés, and modified them. It can be tricky, but I find value in the exercise because clichés are indeed something to avoid, and this can help take an old phrase and make something new or smart out of it. These could even be whole new clichés for the future, who knows?

So here are my responses. I might have to use some of these invented lines in my own works someday. If you're attempting this and need more cliches, try ClicheSite.com, or run a search.
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Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
When you give a baby all the toys in the world, he grows up to be a brat.

Back to square one.
We got to do this on New Game mode.

Damned if you do and damned if you don’t
It doesn’t matter what you do, you’re f*&ked.

Different strokes for different folks.
Different stats for different cats.

Drink the Kool-Aid.
Follow the rest of the lemmings over the cliff.

Get the ball rolling.
It’s time to get this primed.

Jump on the bandwagon.
The hype train is pulling up and I’m getting on it.

There is more than one way to skin a cat.
This is a road with a thousand lanes.

Watching grass grow.
This is as exciting as watching the universe expanding.

You have to break a few eggs to make an omlelette.
You can’t go ice fishing without cutting a hole.