The easiest definition is “Yesterday’s quotes are today’s clichés!”

Most of us use clichés liberally. They are convenient phrases which describe in a short, sweet and crisp manner what we want to convey!

Some people regard clichés as laziness in thinking and lack of originality.

Clichés have been overused so much that sometimes even their origin has been forgotten!

Some clichés are derived from proverbs and some others are of literary origin. Some others come from the lips of famous persons or from the pens of famous writers to become part of every day speech.

We will look into a few of the popular cliches in English in this thread.