Feel Overfamiliar

Punish Repetition

cliche

one-liner

my wife left me

mixed metaphor

Using cliches is a substitute for thinking George Orwell

 will construct your sentences for you even think your thoughts for you, to a certain extent and at need it will perform the important service of partially concealing your meaning even from yourself.

They cliches will construct your sentences for you even think your thoughts for you, to a certain extent and at need they will perform the important service of partially concealing your meaning even from yourself. George Orwell

is a terrible thing. They’re a dime a dozen.

I hate clichés. They’re a dime a dozen.

is a coaster - a place to rest one's mind before picking it up and using it again.

She used cliches like coasters - a place to rest her mind before picking it up and using it again.

is endowed with the socially recognized function of protecting us against reality.

Clichés, stock phrases, adherence to conventional, standardized codes of expression and conduct have the socially recognized function of protecting us against reality.

is an aphorism that has become a victim of its own success.

Cliches are aphorisms that have become victims of their own success.

 was once wisdom, but then everyone found out.

Cliche was once wisdom, but then everyone found out.

cliche, n.All

cliche