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03rd Nov 2015

11 Clichéd Sayings That Make Us Want to Punch Ourselves in the Face

Happy Cliché Day!

Rebecca McKnight

Today is Cliché Day… we didn’t know it was a thing either until about an hour ago. Anyway, we decided to mark the made-up occasion by picking out a few of the clichéd sayings that really get our goat (side note: how does a goat get got?)…

There are plenty more fish in the sea

Like this really makes anyone feel better. There may well be plenty more fish and they could be the most attractive fish in the world, that doesn’t change the fact that we just lost the fish we wanted… also, why fish?


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Everything happens for a reason

Correction: it happens because something or someone made it happen. For example, your relationship ended because one or the other person did something and you failed that exam because you went out to a foam party rather than study.

Good things come to those who wait

No, good things come to those who go after them otherwise we would spend our days waiting on the sofa in our PJs watching repeats of Teen Mom and America’s Next Top Model.


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It can only get better

Can it? Can it really?

Don’t cry over spilled milk

Let’s get one thing straight, spilled milk is worth crying over (especially when you knock over a full two litres when you have five minutes to get out of the house and into work). Firstly, it’s a pain to clean up. Secondly, it stinks. Thirdly, we really wanted a bowl of cereal and a cuppa.


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If it’s meant to be, it will be

Again, if this really was the case, we wouldn’t do anything or try to meet anyone. We would just wait for our dream job to land in our lap and our ideal husband to walk into our lives.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder

… or it will push him into a world full of Tinder madness.


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All’s well that ends well

Unless you end up having a meltdown

Don’t get your knickers in a twist

Hey, if we want to get our knickers in a twist, we will get our knickers in a twist. In fact, our knickers are of no concern to anyone else.


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What’s for you won’t pass you by

Our bus is meant for us but it passes us on a frequent basis. Explain that.

Many hands make light work/Two heads are better than one

But what if those hands end up punching each other or the heads keep arguing? It’s also contradicted by the good old saying: “too many cooks spoil the broth.” (That’s a favourite of our mammies… especially when we’re trying to cook in the kitchen at home.)


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