Cliches, Idioms, and Trite Expressions that Suck
The following list has been adapted and updated from a 2012 blog I started called "I'll Take the Stairs". "Quitting Cold Turkey" - Hey! I happen to like cold turkey. "Don't do the crime, if you can't do the time." - Well, people don't commit crimes because they don't think they can do the time. They commit them because they think they can get away with it. You also can't underestimate stupidity and desperation. "It's always darkest before the dawn." - Sure, this means that it's going to get worse before it gets better, but factually, it's just as dark right before dawn as it is at any other time. Midnight, 2 AM, 4 AM--all the same amount of darkness. "I could care less." - Actually, you couldn't. "It's plain to see." - If one more poem or song uses this, I will simply have to kill someone. Although, what bearing does their ineffective word usage have on me? None. But words a...