Cliches that make me cringe...

[nq:1]Cliches people say that make me cringe... "I am sick and tired of..." "At the end of the day, all anyone cares about is..." "it's a disgrace" "it's an utter and complete disgrace" "it's disgraceful" "... utter and complete..." "... make(s) me cringe"[/nq]
You're right as rain, fella.
These make me mad as a wet hen.
It's an outrage that they survive.
Take them out and shoot th

[nq:1]Cliches people say that make me cringe... "I am sick and tired of..." "At the end of the day, all anyone cares about is..." "it's a disgrace" "it's an utter and complete disgrace" "it's disgraceful" "... utter and complete..." "... make(s) me cringe"[/nq]
"complete and utter" is more the phrase of my experience.

I don't like "back in the day", much, either. What does it mean?

[nq:1]Cliches people say that make me cringe... "I am sick and tired of..." "At the end of the day, all anyone cares about is..." "it's a disgrace" "it's an utter and complete disgrace" "it's disgraceful" "... utter and complete..." "... make(s) me cringe"[/nq]
At this point in time, I'm weary of people's pet peeves.

Charles Riggs

[nq:1]Cliches people say that make me cringe... "I am sick and tired of..." "At the end of the day, all anyone cares about is..." "it's a disgrace" "it's an utter and complete disgrace" "it's disgraceful" "... utter and complete..." "... make(s) me cringe"[/nq]
At this point in time, I'm weary of people's pet peeves.

Charles Riggs

The much-missed and deeply revered Spike Milligan said that "a cliché is the handrail of a crippled mind."
Not bad.

The much-missed and deeply revered Spike Milligan said that "a cliché is the handrail of a crippled mind."
Not bad.

[nq:1]I heard "at the end of the day" from BrE speakers originally. It's now adopted into AmE.[/nq]
My favorite example was related on this ng (I believe) 5 or more years ago. A poster was told by his boss, "At the end of the day you should have been here first thing in the morning."

Opus the Penguin (that's my real email addy)
You snipped my sig!

Opus the Penguin filted:
[nq:2]I heard "at the end of the day" from BrE speakers originally. It's now adopted into AmE.[/nq]
[nq:1]My favorite example was related on this ng (I believe) 5 or more years ago. A poster was told by his boss, "At the end of the day you should have been here first thing in the morning."[/nq]
Right up there with "this has all the earmarks of an eyesore"..

[nq:1]The much-missed and deeply revered Spike Milligan said that "a cliché is the handrail of a crippled mind." Not bad.[/nq]
Yeah. I hear that all the time.
\\P. Schultz

[nq:1]Cliches people say that make me cringe... "I am sick and tired of..." "At the end of the day, all anyone cares about is..." "it's a disgrace" "it's an utter and complete disgrace" "it's disgraceful" "... utter and complete..." "... make(s) me cringe"[/nq]
Here are some from Dilbert:"A little pain never hurt anyone." "Make sure you cross your p's and q's." "Perception is 99% of the law."