“A rose is a rose is a rose.”
“That is such a cliché!”
What is a cliche?- A cliché is a phrase or concept that has been overused.
Today is national Cliché Day, so in honor of the day I bring you a list of common cliches.
- “Money doesn’t grow on trees.”
- “If the shoe fits, wear it.”
- “It’s driving me up the wall.
- “Cry over spilled milk”
- “I hear what you are saying”
- “It costs an arm and a leg.”
- “Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.”
- “To be perfectly honest.”
- “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.”
- “Having said that”
- “Lets face it”
- “Keep your fingers crossed.”
- “Give it a rest.”
- “All bent out of shape.”
- “For Pete’s sake”
- “ With all due respect.”
- “Grasping at straws.”
- “No one said life was fair.”
- “Its not rocket science.”
- “Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today.”
What’s a cliche that you overuse?
Happy Cliché Day
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Wrote: Nov 4, 2009 at 3:04 am
It’s all water under the bridge
Don’t burn your bridges
I’ll be back
Better sooner than later
Better red than dead
Dot your eyes n cross all your T-s
No kidding
Really
Wrote: Nov 4, 2009 at 6:53 pm
It’s about to rain cats and dogs on this library computer!!
bye!
Wrote: Nov 12, 2009 at 6:24 pm
Like the cliches! I am doing a thing in school where I have to make a list of cliches like you did it is amazing how many cliches there are out there and how you can use them without even knowing it!
Some other cliches are: Apple of my eye, cuts like butter, it was a dark and stormy night, I can read you like a book, hopping like a frog and many others that I can’t think of right now.
You should add these to your list.