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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

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

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:

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

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

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

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


Oh no. I avoid them like the plague

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.

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

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.

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.