Commonly Used Clichés—Avoid them like the plague

  • few and far between
  • the task a hand
  • a close-knit family
  • he was always there for me 
  • don’t get me wrong
  • he’ll never give up on me
  • believe in yourself
  • butterflies in my stomach
  • chills up my spine, spine tingling
  • blanket of snow
  • I will never forget that day
  • what the future holds
  • weigh all the facts, step back and look at the facts
  • a spade’s a spade
  • stick like glue
  • the stands went crazy with excitement
  • time has flow by
  • do you get my point
  • bummed out, freaked out, get with it, that’s life
  • he has it easy
  • raining buckets of my head
  • needless to say
  • scared to death
  • it took my breath away
  • make the best of it
  • come back to reality
  • through thick and thin
  • he stood by my side through it all
  • set your mind at ease
  • hope for a bright future
  • make or break
  • hours upon hours, days upon days
  • it turned me off
  • it was a breeze
  • it’s all downhill from here
  • this tops the list
  • my mouth dropped to the floor in amazement
  • looking at the world through rose-colored glasses
  • tears started to form in my eyes, my eyes welled up with tears
  • down the drain
  • he soon calmed my fears
  • he fell for it, hook, line, and sinker
  • pull one over on him
  • I was on top of the world
  • knew it like the back of my hand
  • no skin off my back
  • I was in heaven
  • things aren’t as easy as they seem
  • to say the least
  • I made a total fool out of myself
  • nerve wracking
  • in one ear and out the other
  • up to par
  • to make a long story short
  • as fate would have it
  • burst my bubble
  • I was lost in his eyes
  • not a care in the world
  • no big deal
  • as luck would have it
  • as I sit here
  • clean cut
  • you can’t judge a book by its cover
  • knocked senseless
  • sweep me off my feet
  • having the time of your life
  • when the going gets tough
  • out in the real world
  • all hell broke loose
  • is seems like only yesterday
  • too good to be true
  • I love him to death
  • get a handle on it
  • a happy camper
  • a pain in the neck