Cliches....love them or hate them

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Thu Sep 30, 2010 8:54 am

Why do people use so many cliches....particularly Sports Commentators !

What are your favourite ones or the ones you really dislike ?

Do you find yourselves using cliches without realising it ?

Here are some I think are totally pointless :

Think outside the box

Making money hand over fist

Sweat equity

I know that there are some that have historical origins but even so.....:-2

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Thu Sep 30, 2010 9:07 am

I didn't get where I am today without a cliche or two

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Thu Sep 30, 2010 9:12 am

Oh God I hate them:wah:

At the end of the day.

Innit though?

When all Is said and done.

Blah blah blah hate them.....

I have noticed a few popping up lately In the world of horse-racing commentaries also.

So ans so Is 'Being Niggled along' being one of them... What exactly do you have to do to a race-horse mid field to 'Niggle' him along? :wah:

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Thu Sep 30, 2010 10:03 am

Snowfire;1335691 wrote: I didn't get where I am today without a cliche or two

That's because you don't beat around the bush

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Thu Sep 30, 2010 10:07 am

Bez;1335701 wrote: That's because you don't beat around the bush

Well I prefer not to put all my eggs in one basket.

Its a shame that after every football match we have to listen to dull footballers who laden their commentary with cliches.

Its a game of two halves....blah blah blah

theia · Post by **theia** » Thu Sep 30, 2010 10:08 am

Bez;1335701 wrote: That's because you don't beat around the bush

Yes, Bez, but is Snow really singing from the same hymn sheet :-3

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Thu Sep 30, 2010 10:10 am

theia;1335706 wrote: Yes, Bez, but is Snow really singing from the same hymn sheet :-3

Oh no. I avoid them like the plague

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Thu Sep 30, 2010 10:46 am

Well, when the Going gets Tough the Tough Get Going and any way---------It will all come out in the wash or I will eat my hat.

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Thu Sep 30, 2010 11:53 am

Well I've got a bee in my bonnet about cliches.....some people think they are the bees kness, best thing since sliced bread but sometimes they're just pants

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Thu Sep 30, 2010 11:58 am

Bez;1335689 wrote: Why do people use so many cliches....particularly Sports Commentators !

What are your favourite ones or the ones you really dislike ?

Do you find yourselves using cliches without realising it ?

Here are some I think are totally pointless :

Think outside the box

Making money hand over fist

Sweat equity

I know that there are some that have historical origins but even so.....:-2

It all depends which ones, some just get down right boring when used over and over again.

'Thinking outside the box' is one of them.

I had an employer, a Bailiff, who worked for the city collecting unpaid tax's.

his favoite was 'Show me the money!"

It was great at first as we all joined in...then it got just over-repeatative.

littleCJelkton · Post by **littleCJelkton** » Fri Oct 01, 2010 6:25 pm

From what i have learned in my current class "interpersonal communications" Cliches are used when we don't know of a better way to communicate the message they want to convey.