The Really Irritating Cliche Game

I'l start with a few so that 'You Get My Drift.

And confession time also, I'm guilty of using many of these.... and often

It's not rocket science

At the end of the day

Bad hair day

As you do

Bling-bling

Cheers

What goes around comes around

Pushing the envelope

Do lunch

No pain, no gain

Talk to the hand

I can see where you're coming from

Moving the goal posts

Playing hard ball

You do the math

and finally,

Thinking outside the box

This one annoys me, but I have used it lately.

No worries.

LOL, Hi Julie, hope you're both feeling well.



'In my humble opinion'

OK, it's not really cliche I don't guess, but my daughter and her friends have started talking in "Text speak"

OMG!
IDK
TTYL

and so on.

It's one thing to write it here on the web, but teeth grinding to hear people actually saying it!

I really like this thread. I write articles for DailyWritingTips.com (under the screen name Maeve).

These clich�s are grist for the mill.

Here's a link to an article I wrote about the way some people mix up familiar expressions:
Breaking the Log Jam and Buttoning Down the Hatches .

Yep I HATE that 'its not rocket science'
Am I Bovvered?
He/She is Hard
He/She is brain dead
I told you so
Know what I mean?

What I hate is when people use "near miss".

"Wow! Those two planes nearly missed each other." after two planes fly closely to each other.

Wouldn't that mean that they just collided? lol.

Somebody "lost his life" (in an accident, or whatever.)

How careless can you get??!! I'd check the police station if I were you - someone may have been kind enough to hand that life in...

What's wrong with "he died"?

I use No Worries all the time. I like it.

What I DON'T like is saying "how ya doing" when you just really mean "hello"...

No worries Jilly,

And you know what?

It ain't over till the fat lady sings.

How about "Eating humble pie."

atm machine (tautology or cliche? )
pin number


taking in on the chin

Lets win one for the Gipper

It's the way the people I know use it. Over and over and over and...yeah, never ends.

I need to think of more cliches.

This is less cliche, but rather misuse that drives me bonkers -- using "literally" when they mean "figuritively."

"I literally died!" Yeah -- um, if so, why are you still able to talk?

I also hate hearing people talk about "poisonous snakes" when they mean venomous. A poisonous snake would harm you if you eat it. Venomous snakes, I understand, can be quite tasty.

Someone I know says "I'm not being funny..." all the time, when about to moan at someone.

"I'm not being funny but..."

It's always followed by a rant of some sort, and I just think, why bother saying it? All that means is you ARE being funny (not haha funny) and you're also a bit of a grump.

It's really irritating.

A little off the subject but I once saw a sign in front of a cafe that said "Eat here and diet home." Duh, whatever!

Oh, this is a very Southern thing... we are always going "How are you?" when we pass someone on the street as opposed to "Hello". Once upon a time, things were so laid-bck down here we actusally had time for conversation - so this question made sense, and its kind of just hung on.

OK - here's one that's irritating:

"Oh no you di'nt" - (I can't even figure out hwo to spell it the way people say it!)

How about this one..
Stew in his own juice..ewwww..!!

That's How I Roll is getting so very old now and its a relatively new cliche compared to most of the others posted.

Ala- "Top CHef"...

"It is what is it"

Old as dirt

Fair-weather friend..!!

Blow a gasket

The Grass Is Always Greener On The Other Side Of The Fence..!!

I've had it up to here

Madder than a wet hen

Keep your Sunny side up...blaaa..!!

And aren't sacking cliches friendly these days?


Downsizing

Rationalizing

Let them go

Peacekeeping mission

A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet

Just fell off the turnip truck

I may have been born at night but it wasn't last night.

Don't get your knickers in a knot

Don't get your panties in a wad

Every Dark Cloud Has A Silver Lining..!! (What a bunch of bologna)..!!

Few fries short of a happy meal

A few sandwiches short of a picnic.

You do the math.

You're a glass is half empty kind of person, aren't you?

Lights are on but there's nobody home

Blondes have more fun

There'll be hell to pay

One Boxcar Short of a Full Load..!!

It's a 'Catch 22' situation.

'Get a Life'

'I'm Over It'

Love is never having to say you're sorry...!! (UCK)..!

He's a Chip off the old Block.

Out of the mouths of babes..!!

Avoid cliches at all cost.

I'm all over that like a fat kid on a Tootsie Roll..!!

The twig never falls far from the tree.

Such is life.

Bring it on!

Just another day at the office.

24/7

Chewing nails and spitting tacks

Packed in like sardines..!!

Fit to be tied

OR

I'm all over that like stink on an ape

It ain't over till the fat lady sings

Buck-a-roo

a day late and a dollar short

Snow job

rhymes with?

Pop a vein

Have a cow!

Don't pop a neck bolt!

Old as dirt

Makes my blood boil

it's a no-brainer

Wound tighter than a spring

WIIFM

Thick headed

One foot on a banana peel the other in the grave

"To be perfectly honest with you..." (usually followed by some sort of lie.

Would I lie to you?

Rocket scientist..!!!

Come hell or high water..!!

Climbing the walls

down in the dumps

off his face

on top of the world

Ashes to ashes dust to dust

No sweat..!!

That's what she said

Half a bubble off

If you can't beat 'em, join'em...!!

His bark is bigger than his bite

Don't worry, be happy!!

Rubs me the wrong way

Time heals all wounds..!!

Got under my skin

I've heard it as "Time wounds all heels." ;-)

Push your buttons

Rattle your cage

Gaye I do not speak "texting" what is WIIFM mean? lol

That is off the hook

Mama said there would be days like this..!!

Chill out

Looking to...
That phrase makes my teeth itch...ack!

You can't put the toothpaste back in the tube

Calm before the storm..!!

Working with my last good nerve

If you can't take the heat then get out of the kitchen..!!

sick and tired

Don't just sit there like a bump on a pickle..!!

For love or money...!!

Have an ax to grind..!!

One brick short of a full load..!!