Pop Quiz: What do these phrases have in common? Post your speculation here and I’ll post the answer tomorrow. 
- A dish fit for the gods
- A foregone conclusion
- A sorry sight
- As dead as a doornail
- As good luck would have it
- At one fell swoop
- Exceedingly well read
- Fair play
- Fancy free
- Foul play
- Good riddance
- Heart’s content
- High time
- In a pickle
- Like the Dickens
- My bad
- Primrose path
- Rhyme nor reason
- Send him packing
- Set your teeth on edge
- Stiffen the sinews
- Too much of a good thing
- Vanish into thin air
- Wear your heart on your sleeve
- Wild goose chase
- Woe is me
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They’re all cliches. BTW–I think Dickens should be lower case unless you’re talking about Charles. 😉
They’re all cliches. BTW–I think Dickens should be lower case unless you’re talking about Charles. 😉
They are in alphabetical order!
They are in alphabetical order!
Trite! …or is that tripe?
Trite! …or is that tripe?
They are idomatic phrases.
They are idomatic phrases.
Susan, this is my first time commenting on your blog, and I’m going to guess and say they were all created by Shakespeare. 🙂
Susan, this is my first time commenting on your blog, and I’m going to guess and say they were all created by Shakespeare. 🙂
they are all cliches you heard as a juror?
they are all cliches you heard as a juror?
They’re all from Shakespeare.
Come on, Mommy, give me a tough one 🙂
They’re all from Shakespeare.
Come on, Mommy, give me a tough one 🙂
Cliches to avoid!
Cliches to avoid!
Boy – you would think Shakespeare – of all people – would be smart enough not to use all those cliches!
Boy – you would think Shakespeare – of all people – would be smart enough not to use all those cliches!