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Much of Finneas‘ accolades (including several Grammy Awards) have been for his production work on his sister Billie Eilish’s debut album. However, he still has an notable career as a solo ...
So, keeping those qualities in mind, try your hand at this little pop quiz to see whether you can figure out which of these ten common phrases are meaningless clichés and which are useful idioms ...
On daddy duty! MGK took to social media on Thursday (May 22) to share a selfie with his baby daughter before hitting a Spotify milestone with his new single, "Cliché." ...
If travelers are looking for that quintessential French experience in the heart of Paris, Rick Steves believes this village ...
You’ve definitely heard these clichés. You might even resort to them yourself when you’re speaking to your coworkers, your boss, your friends, or even audiences for formals talks and ...
You picnic-goers are the sandcastle on that beach. You took a lot of time to build and, technically, you look cool for a few seconds, but it's only a matter of time before the sea has its way with ...
And book reviews don’t get their own treatment, although I hope that someday Kill the Cliche will have a section dedicated to book reviews, so we can quantify just how many ‘poignants’ and ...
Let’s consider the origin of the word. For 19th-century typesetters, a cliché was a piece of language encountered so often in the course of their work that it had earned its own printing plate ...
There may not be an “I” in the word “TEAM” but there certainly is an “I” in WIN! And in “PRODUCTIVITY,” “IMPROVEMENT,” “DRIVE FOR RESULTS” and “COMPETITVE.” In teams ...
Five years after her mother’s death in 2011, Bell, though emotional, was able to face a cache of photos, flyers, diaries, poems and lyrics. More than a journeyman rockumentary, “Poly Styrene ...
(NB: Some people don't like sitting on the ground. There's such a thing as a picnic table. So.) 10. Spray Tans. Summer's glow fading? Get a spray tan. It's your skin. 11. Seeing Oscar Bait.
Judy Woodruff: As we have seen, COVID-19 is taking a heavy toll, and many are not able to say goodbye to their loved ones. It leaves some of us unsure we can find the right words for those who are ...