Stitches

Who Makes Them Up....................?

Cliches I mean. A Stitch in Time saves Nine, A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush and the like? I like cliches I do.

Public Comments

1. Old people a long time ago who had a go at being wise but failed miserably!!!
2. Those are metaphors. Not cliches.
3. Creative people who knew how to use a few words to say something with meaning, to which most people can relate....
4. These phrases are aphorisms that developed over the years and centuries. They're not metaphors or similes, but whether they are or aren't is incidental.
5. Cliches are my pet hate. What you have described are proverbs which can also be use as cliches. Most cliches are glib and often contradictory. They are simply sayings that are used because it saves the user thinking up their own words. When I was young I learnt pages of proverbs. " Birds of a feather flock together, Many hands make light work, too many cooks spoil the broth. But as you can see they are fun, but the last two contradict each other. As does No man is am Island and You are born alone and die alone Treat others as you would yourself and the world does not owe you a living. The meek shall inherit the earth and faint heart never won fair lady. Birds of a feather flock together and keep your friends close and your enemies even closer still Suffer he little children...... and spare the rod and spoil the child. I thin they are fun to learn and they are created every day.Some are old English sayings, some are religious quotes from the bible, some are from philosophers and some are from authors. But the downfall is they stop people saying what they mean and therefore they speech and language becomes limited. Modern cliches Keeping it real Kick you to the kerb At the end of the day No pun intended Brave Hero Even words like "Douche-bag" , "yeah right", "in a manner of speaking", "let us agree to disagree", "so gay" are clichés. So they are good to know, but it is better to be able to articulate your own thoughts than using someone else's. I think the old proverbs that you have listed are far better than the modern clichés many come from songs, films and celebrities. My favourite is an old English proverb " One man's meat is another man's poison". However I never use it in conversation as there are half a dozen a clichés that contradicts it. Ciao