August 19, 2009

Giovanni's Pocket Oxford - Cliche'

Dear 'extremely cantankerous person':

How many times have you come across the cliche' "not that there's anything wrong with that"? This hackneyed phrase goes on and on from pen to mouth without letting up, and of course, what is usually meant concerns an often-overused opinion of one kind or another. If truth were told, there is found in the realm of opinions "much that is wrong with that."

Giovanni