![]() ![]() It's more of a rhythmic thing in a sentence. It certainly means absolutely nothing until - and it really serves as a, sort of, punctuation. There's the cliche that really is everything that - what we're taught the cliche should be - it's redundant, it's repetitive, it's banal, it's worn out. HEADLEE: So are there good cliches then or - and bad cliches?ĪNDERSON: I think there were definitely two kinds of cliches. Hephzibah, welcome to TALK OF THE NATION. Her piece, "In Praise of the Cliche," appeared in that magazine in November. She's a freelance writer and associate editor of Prospect magazine. Our email address is And you can find us on Twitter, Anderson joins us now from our bureau in London. What cliche do you use? Our number is 80. So we want to hear about one cliche that you like. ![]() That's what Hephzibah Anderson says, anyway, in a recent piece in Prospect magazine. Sometimes cliches are not only useful, but they create a sense of community. Cliches are very often denounced as the most over-used and contemptible phrases in the English language.īut let me just state to you my two cents here, the think outside the box. So I'm wondering, how often have you actually counted your chickens before they'd hatched, or maybe thrown up a single stone and then hit two birds, not to mention having one of those critters in your hand that was worth two of them in the bush. ![]()
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