Cliches (sans the accent mark)
It is interesting that they are so many cliches in life, and in so many languages, and people in every country say these cliches without reservations, yet not many people take them to heart. I do not think cliches are called cliches because they’re old, worn out expressions that need to be buried; I think, as it is said in the show Californication , cliches are called cliches because they are true - which is probably stolen from someone else. But even if that expression about cliches has itself become a cliche, it is still true: cliches offer entry-level understanding about complex and convoluted subjects and conundrums. One such example, the beaten-to-beyond death cliche of “there are plenty of fish in the sea” is a beautiful example of introducing a newly heartbroken teenager into the understanding that there will be others for him or her to love (and, probably, become heartbroken over as well). However, people have a knack of taking a cliche, which I am sure wa...