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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