Entertaining and informative, this collection of clichés really is the best thing since sliced bread ...

Many of the phrases we use everyday are so woven into our vocabulary that we never think to question their origin or meaning. How often we comfort the broken-he

An editor of "Roget's Thesaurus" has collected more than 1,500 of the world's favorite cliches, categorizing them according to origin and most common meaning.

Gives information about some 3000 cliches and expressions in the English language.

Clichés, those trite little phrases that often get a point across quickly and efficiently, have become such a familiar part of the English language and people�