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Clichéd phrases

We've all read them, and we've all used them (don't shake your head... you know you have... admit it!)

Ever read some over and over and wonder why the author tends to use that same thing? Could be a word, or a few words together to describe the same thing, or differnet people.

What are your favorite clichés? (Please don't mention your story that it's in... that would be promoting, and it'll make me go ) It can be from your story, or someone else's... published or not. (published stories can be mentioned.... )

Least favorite? The ones that make you want to go when you read it over and over....

And please... no posting of clichéd story ideas. We all know that *you* (collective) don't like (insert genre here).... no need to bring it up yet again. (edit... general ideas are okay... just not the whole package idea. General idea - tourtured guy. Whole package idea - immortal vampire meets young chickie and they elope .... )

Also, no bashing of people's clichés.

and for the love of Mod, keep it g-rated.

<< reply to 'His eyes were a deep shade of blue, deep and soft, and staring into them was ' by the back row

It may be cliche, but it's *good* cliche.

Oh, here's another phrase/saying:

I could see/feel the fear (insert word for coming) off of him

Well, that's nice. Can you think of something else?

And why use see/feel when you can use description? Saying 'I could feel his hand on my back' when the person 'placing his hand' on your back is already obviously in the presence of the main character.

<< reply to 'Not that I've seen. :/' by the back row

But, if you think about it, if you say somebody's eyes are emerald green...you can visualise them. If you say "his eyes were the green of distant forests, flecked with brown tree-trunks and little fluffy animals hiding in the leaves" it doesn't really conjure up the right image, does it?

<< reply to '1. "And then there were ______." 2. "He/She bit their lip nervously." -- The' by Infrared

I do the lip-biting. But for one character only. And almond eyes annoy me too.

The air grew thick...Insert descriptive here. Just overdone.

This one's my personal quirk. "Continue On" It's redundant. Continue is all you need. Drives me nuts! LOL

Drowning in the eyes. Yup, that one needs to go.

Conundrum

I've got at least two pieces on SW that actually list cliches...from yesteryear and the more contemporary, modern, pop favorites. But,am I to assume that I am forbidden from mentioning these pieces...for fear of "promoting?"
Is this a learning site? Or what?
GA

I have a cliche question

I mean a question about cliches

If something is a cliche and gets avoided over and over again; does the cliche lose some of the stigma and become re-original? And, do the new 'ideas' begin to turn into cliches?

Ex- If you did not see last nights ep. of Glee *spoiler alert*

the home team is down by one touchdown. Its the 4th quarter with 2 seconds left. The cliche would be that they make a comeback and win the game. But, so many people try to avoid this that they have them lose or the some weird twist gets put in there. However, this show had the home team win with one of the main characters kicking the game winning point after. It didn't feel cliched at all, it was actually refreshing.

Ok, I'm done rambling now.