Cliché- From the French Clicher, to stereotype or to make a reproduction of something by stamping. A cliché is a trite or overused expression, the lack of which work make conversation difficult and pop music impossible. The most familiar of these- such as “I love you”- are precious enough to be kept in vaults, from which they are occasionally dragged howling. Poet-adventurer Gerald Brenan called the cliché “dead poetry”. Perhaps, instead, it is undead.
-69 LOVE SONGS, LD Beghtol
Other Cliches:
funny money
labor of love
every Tom, Dick and Harry
Put a fork in me, I'm done.
face the music
monkey around
tomorrow is another day
Can you think of any?
