All 8 Uses of
cliché
in
All Over but the Shoutin'
- It seems a cliché now, to see it on movie screens.†
Chpt 1.1
- I know it is a cliché, but it really did have a Sears, Roebuck catalog on the floor, and a sawn-off broom handle, to do in the five-inch centipedes and black widow spiders and the odd snake.†
Chpt 1.4
- It is a cliché to call it a simple time, but it was.†
Chpt 1.9
- Football is a cliché, down here.†
Chpt 2.17
- Her momma kind of didn't, but that is often the way of it, cliché or not.†
Chpt 2.18
- ...and all his adult life he has lived life pretty much like he wanted. The price, from time to time, is jail, and every time he goes in my momma dies a little more inside. I know it is a cliché to say that, but...†
Chpt 2.21 *
- It is a cliché to say I learned something about other people and other cultures, but it is true; I had begun that process with my first interview as a reporter, of course, but Harvard was a Sam Walton Wholesale Warehouse of information and experiences.†
Chpt 2.29
- It is true, the cliché, about people being in such a hurry.†
Chpt 3.38
Definition:
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(cliché) an expression that lacks impact because it is heard so often