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List of clichés

Below is a list of clichéd expressions in alphebetical order:

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
Burning the candle at both ends
Buy low, sell high - In the stock market, you should buy stocks when they are not worth much and sell them when they're valuable.
Can't see your nose in front of your face - It's really hard to see.
Cat got your tongue? - Why haven't you been talking?
The cat's out of the bag now
Cut off your nose to spite your face
The grass is always greener on the other side - Anything someone else has seems better.
Killing two birds with one stone - completing two tasks with one process.
Over the hill - Older that 40.
Reading between the lines - Infering information.
Right under your nose
Shake a leg
Six of one, half-a-dozen of another - Same thing
Still waters run deep
Water under the bridge
What goes around comes around
What's good for the goose is good for the gander - If something is good for one person, it follows that it's good for everyone.
Why pay for the cow when the milk is free

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