Google Ngram showing percentage of sample books (y-axis) that contain selected cliches since 1900. Why do people use cliches? People typically don't intend to use a cliché.

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2. Falling down and crawling instead of getting up. CREATISTA | Shutterstock. When people in horror movies are running away, most of the time they tend to trip over something and fall to the ground.

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Why do people use cliches? People typically don’t intend to use a cliche. They are going with a trusted tool in their lexical toolbox, and certain ones frame their conversations.

If some words are shovel-ready for a conversation, but using them could lead to accusations that you’re not giving 110%, then should you stick a pin in them? Or perhaps you could read the room ...

If some words are shovel-ready for a conversation, but using them could lead to accusations that you’re not giving 110%, then should you stick a pin in them? Or perhaps you could read the room ...

If some words are shovel-ready for a conversation, but using them could lead to accusations that you’re not giving 110%, then should you stick a pin in them? Or perhaps you could read the room ...

If some words are shovel-ready for a conversation, but using them could lead to accusations that you’re not giving 110%, then should you stick a pin in them? Or perhaps you could read the room ...