So give us your best.
SPEW.
Make us all laugh......
'Cause I ain't touching that one with a ten foot pole.....
SPEW.
Make us all laugh......
'Cause I ain't touching that one with a ten foot pole.....
It's National Cliche Day......
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It takes so little to amuse small minds...
A place for everything and everything in it's place...
There's more than one way to skin a cat...
A place for everything and everything in it's place...
There's more than one way to skin a cat...
veg-o-matic
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Cliche day?
Been there, done that.
Been there, done that.
All I gotta say is you can't have your cake and eat it, too. But I heard from a friend of a friend that if it's not one thing, it's always something else. Let me tell you, he knows of what he speaks. I kid you not! The guy is smarter than King Solomon and richer than God. And, boy howdy, is he married to one tall drink of water. I mean, she's built like a brick house! And their kids? Like oil and water. One is smart as a whip and the other is dumber than a box of rocks.
C'ya!
C'ya!
jasonl
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Down on the farm
A little birdie told me to never put the cart before the horse. He also said to let sleeping dogs lie because you can't teach an old dog new tricks. But I let the cat out of the bag and all I was doing was beating a dead horse.
And you heard it from the horse's mouth.
A little birdie told me to never put the cart before the horse. He also said to let sleeping dogs lie because you can't teach an old dog new tricks. But I let the cat out of the bag and all I was doing was beating a dead horse.
And you heard it from the horse's mouth.
You--
can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think. ---Dorothy Parker.
L/Mb
can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think. ---Dorothy Parker.
L/Mb
Kevinpreston3
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Here's one to live by...
Don't sweat the petty things, and
don't pet the sweaty things.
Don't sweat the petty things, and
don't pet the sweaty things.
Washinsheen
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Yuck!!!
I hate these two......
"Been there, done that!"
"Think outside of the box!"
I hate these two......
"Been there, done that!"
"Think outside of the box!"
It's all fun and games 'til the cops arrive!
jasonl
New member
90s cliches really bite
"Take to the hand"
"You go girl"
"Think out the box"
Whatever happened to "up your nose with a rubber hose"
"Take to the hand"
"You go girl"
"Think out the box"
Whatever happened to "up your nose with a rubber hose"
"They hate us for our freedom."
Fairly recent, but no less loathsome.
Fairly recent, but no less loathsome.
Kevinpreston3
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Business Cliches
My friend and I wrote a whole paper on these. Here are some highlights that I can remember:
"There's gotta be some lead in the pencil"
"My boss threw me under the bus with that client"
"Sell the sizzle not the steak"
"Everyone got caught in the propwash on that one"
"Let's triangulate on that off-line"
"I wasn't top of game during that presentation"
"These program features are really the wood behind the arrow"
"She's got her game on"
"Now we're running with the big dogs"
"This is our go-to-market strategy"
"We believe in continuous improvement"
"We intend to drive down cost while bringing the customer higher value" (Gee, who would have thought that?)
"What is our value proposition?"
"Wazzup" (answering the phone when someone recognizes your calling number)
"This is when we realize that it takes time to turn a big ship around, while navigating difficult competitive waters"
"This is an exciting time for our business" (Every CEO/President speech has this line in it. Exciting? Excitement is you putting a new Aston Martin in my driveway as a Christmas bonus. After you have done that, we can talk about exciting.)
"We need to get back to our core business"
"Good business is where you find it" (I thought you could make a living off business you didn't find. Darn.)
"As your manager, you need to know that I work for you" (Great, I need some painting done on the side of my house, can you come over this weekend?)
"You need to take an active role in our corporate diversity training" (I believe in diversity. I get this urge to run through customer sites nude screaming "Long live the new flesh!", and I want special accomodations for my needs.)
"I need to know what's in your pipeline"
I could just go on and on and on.....
My friend and I wrote a whole paper on these. Here are some highlights that I can remember:
"There's gotta be some lead in the pencil"
"My boss threw me under the bus with that client"
"Sell the sizzle not the steak"
"Everyone got caught in the propwash on that one"
"Let's triangulate on that off-line"
"I wasn't top of game during that presentation"
"These program features are really the wood behind the arrow"
"She's got her game on"
"Now we're running with the big dogs"
"This is our go-to-market strategy"
"We believe in continuous improvement"
"We intend to drive down cost while bringing the customer higher value" (Gee, who would have thought that?)
"What is our value proposition?"
"Wazzup" (answering the phone when someone recognizes your calling number)
"This is when we realize that it takes time to turn a big ship around, while navigating difficult competitive waters"
"This is an exciting time for our business" (Every CEO/President speech has this line in it. Exciting? Excitement is you putting a new Aston Martin in my driveway as a Christmas bonus. After you have done that, we can talk about exciting.)
"We need to get back to our core business"
"Good business is where you find it" (I thought you could make a living off business you didn't find. Darn.)
"As your manager, you need to know that I work for you" (Great, I need some painting done on the side of my house, can you come over this weekend?)
"You need to take an active role in our corporate diversity training" (I believe in diversity. I get this urge to run through customer sites nude screaming "Long live the new flesh!", and I want special accomodations for my needs.)
"I need to know what's in your pipeline"
I could just go on and on and on.....
rayjay
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How about:
It ain't over till the fat lady sings.
This is an old one. Sorry
It ain't over till the fat lady sings.
This is an old one. Sorry
rinso
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Fractured Cliches, courtesy of my father:
"Well, that throws everything into a monkey wrench."
"After this gets done, we'll be skating on thin gravy."
"He tells me something in one morning, and out the other."
"You need to move out of the house. You're nothing but a milestone around my neck."
"FDR was the biggest war mongrel of them all."
"He still wets his bed behind his ears."
"Well, that throws everything into a monkey wrench."
"After this gets done, we'll be skating on thin gravy."
"He tells me something in one morning, and out the other."
"You need to move out of the house. You're nothing but a milestone around my neck."
"FDR was the biggest war mongrel of them all."
"He still wets his bed behind his ears."
jasonl
New member
All that and a bag of peanuts
Everything but the kitchen sink
You can take that to the bank
Now you're cookin' with gas
Everything but the kitchen sink
You can take that to the bank
Now you're cookin' with gas
local:
That and a token will get you on the subway.
That and a token will get you on the subway.
You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead.
(Stan Laurel)
Ken D.
(Stan Laurel)
Ken D.
mayken4now
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Employer Related!
Being thrown to the wolves.
I hate the bean counters and all their conferences and meetings of the minds, then, once hired, "I have you two days training in your position, don't you understand"
Steve
Being thrown to the wolves.
I hate the bean counters and all their conferences and meetings of the minds, then, once hired, "I have you two days training in your position, don't you understand"
Steve
