Favourite (i.e. most hated) cliches!

[MrsThierryHenry]

From the sublime to the ridiculous.

'at the end of the day'.

Hideous.

24/7

In this day and age...

'the ultimate' - overused by PR and sales people!

way, shape or form

suck it and see
play hard ball (does that qualify? hate the expression anyway!)

PMSL at suck it and see!!! hahahahaha! Oh, I love that one, too!

by close of play
egg on face
gosh I hate them all

Suck it and see - never heard a female say it, must be testosterone induced

"Lessons to be learned" as intoned sonorously by lazy journalists daily.

I used to work in a place where we would try and insert as many cliches as possible in to conversations with customers without them realising - use to be paralysed with laughter mostly. It passed the time anyway.

suck it up - yuck. Myself - used incorrectly. Business people and footballers saying they are going to give it '150 per cent'. You can't, you fool!

'At the end of the day' - drives me mad.

The one I loathe and detest more than any other is 'There but for the grace of God' whenever some disaster happens. Because it is not true. The people haven't suffered the disaster haven't suffered it because God has withdrawn his grace. Nor have I escaped it because I enjoy God's grace. It's just rubbish.

Mrsmike - you're right - definitely used by optimistic, testosterone-driven men!

Think it means "we don't know" really

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"In all honesty", usually used just before someone tells a big fat lie!

150 or indeed anything over 100 per cent

Yes, or 'to be honest'...

'all go, innit?'

'step up to the plate' (when used by people from the UK)

"Think out of the box" I cringe at the fact I once used it, only once mind Any other management speak blox.

"See you later" when you probably won't see them again.
"The jury is out on ..."
"No peace for the wicked"
"I'm going to have to love you and leave you"
"Hoisted by your own petard"
"It's your call"
"In point of fact..."

"in terms of..."
"literally.."
"at the end of the day"
"thinking out of the box"
"its not a problem - its a challenge"

It's not a saying but the constant use of "basically" and "literally" drives me bonkers.