The puzzle is an actual — and clever — demonstration of the ways our minds set artificial boundaries. But even people who ...

So idioms with a specific meaning, which convey an idea more economically than other combinations of words would (like getting caught red-handed) are not considered clichés in his opus.

Here's an Old but Useful Cliche to Think of STNL — as a Bond When the future is uncertain, a familiar model can help you map out strategies.

How about we take all the misconceptions, outdated bromides and empty critical cliches about what good art needs to be, and lay them to rest for good and all.

The language of business, writes Ruth Cullen in her lexicon “The Little Hiptionary,” “is a curious combination of bureaucratic jargon, ungrammatical posturing, and locker room lingo.” ...

While some turns of phrase may have been useful at a certain point in time, it’s important to recognize when they begin to do more harm than good, hindering clear communications.

What next? Will the furnace will wait until the sub-zero temperatures of January to stop working? I am reminded of another cliche (or maybe it is more a superstition): “Things happen in threes.” ...

Cliches are often criticized as the most overused and contemptible phrases in the English language. But writer Hephzibah Anderson says there are times when cliches are not only useful, but also ...

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