I suppose repetition and meaninglessness have to be qualities of a good cliché. Politicians have a particular skill at their deployment, along with the legendary linguistic skills of English football managers. Ernest Bevin once described a fellow politician as "clitch after clitch" (His pronunciation left a little to be desired!) I am sure we can agree on that, but what about Christian clichés? Maybe we ought to try and start a list.
Please contribute, because at the end of the day, I'll be over the moon to hear from you and sick as a parrot if I don't.
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More tea vicar thinking it's the first time anyone could possible have said that to you has to be another.
I take some pride in trying not to use repetition - this means that I have increased the size of the congregation coming early to hear me sound check the radio mics without saying 'check 1-2' or such like.
I also struggle with how many different ways to say, 'Good morning and welcome to St Paul's; if you're a visitor or newcomer you're especially welcome etc...'
Still, let's make a list of World Cup interview cliches and play bingo.
"Can they repeat the achievement of 1966?" or words to that effect
also
"They think it's all over"
It was a game of two halves - probably concerning any England performance.
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