Spoken English: Flourish Your Language

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CLiclte
A cliche is not just something that lots of people say, it is some-
thing that lots of people say and it conveys some sort of idea or
message. A cliche is, in other words, a metaphor characterised by
its overuse.


  • Thin red line

  • Chase a rainbow

  • Like a three ring circus

  • Weak as a rat

  • Bag and baggage

  • Lesser of two evils

  • Fish or cut bait

  • Cut the coat according to the cloth

  • Going around in circles

  • A bucket full of something

  • Within an ace of

  • In a pig's eye

  • Let sleeping dogs lay

  • Stem the tide

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