I've found an inverse relationship between the number of cliches I hear someone speak and my assessment of how much they know what they are talking about. More simply put: the more cliches you tell me, the less I respect you.
So if you want to impress me, or any skeptical person, then you have to translate those cliches directly onto a particular situation. You have some explaining to do.
Cliches tend to operate in a conversation like a souped up version of "umm". However, despite the head-nod that you may get from someone who is nodding because they recognize the phrase, that head nod does not indicate that they agree with you and respect what you're saying.
Here are a few cliche's that grate my nerves:
"Plan your work, work your plan"
"give 110%"
"Nobody plans to fail, people just fail to plan"
Of course there are thousands of others, but i'm too cliched out already to think of any more.
What are some other cliche's that you hear over and over and over again and are tired of?
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