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The Book of Cliches illustrates the most overused phrases. Some people love cliches (probably because there are cliche), while others try to avoid them. Use list of chapters above to display other cliches.
CHAPTER D
Damned if you do, damned if you don't
Dance with the devil
Dare to be different
Dark as night
Darkest before the dawn
Darting to and fro
Dat dawg don't hunt no more
Dead as a doorknob
Dead as a doornail
Deal with grief
Death and destruction
Death and taxes
Death is a gateway that leads to new life
Death is just a part of life... The last part
Death's doorstep
Deep in thought
Densely wooded area
Digging a hole for yourself
Digging his own grave
Dim view
Dire straits
Dirt poor
Disappeared into thin air
Disappeared like a puff of smoke
Disappeared off the face of the earth
Distance makes the heart grow fonder
Do I look like I was born yesterday?
Do the wild mambo
Do the wild thing
Docile as a lamb
Does a bear shit in the woods?
Does a chicken have lips?
Does the pope wear a funny hat?
Doesn't know if she's washing or hanging out
Doesn't know the difference between shit and applebutter
Dog days
Dog in the manger
Dog tired
Dog will hunt
Doggone
Doing a slow burn
Doing something (i.e. Shooting ducks) left and right
Doing stupid things is my way of making my life interesting
Doing the horizontal bop
Don't air your dirty linens in public
Don't be a party pooper
Don't be a stick in the mud
Don't be such a big girl's blouse
Don't bite of more than you can chew
Don't bite the hand that feeds you
Don't burn your bridges
Don't call us, we'll call you
Don't change horses in midstream
Don't count your chickens before they're hatched
Don't do anything I wouldn't do
Don't fire 'til you see the whites of their eyes
Don't fly off the handle
Don't get your knickers in a twist
Don't get your panties in a bunch
Don't get your panties in a wad
Don't go there
Don't guild the lilly
Don't have a cow
Don't have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out
Don't hold your breath
Don't jump to conclusions
Don't know shit from shinola
Don't let the bed bugs bite
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth
Don't look back
Don't make a mountain out of a molehill
Don't make me do something I'll regret
Don't paint the devil on the wall
Don't push your luck
Don't put all your eggs in one basket
Don't put the horse before the cart
Don't rock the boat
Don't shit on your own doorstep
Don't take any wooden nickels
Don't tempt fate
Don't that just butter your grits
Don't that just tear the rag off'n the bush
Don't toot your own horn
Don't trust the lock to which everyone has a key
Don't upset the apple cart
Don't use a lot where a little will do
Don't want to cover old ground
Don't worry, be happy
Done up like a christmas tree
Doubting Thomas
Down in the dumps
Down pat
Down the hatch
Down to Earth
Drank his coffee to the grounds
Drank his wine to the dregs
Dream turns to nightmare
Dressed better than Sunday
Dressed to kill
Drier than a burnt bush
Drive the point home
Driving the porcelain bus
Dropped like a stone
Drown your sorrows
Drug-sniffing dogs
Drunk as a skunk
Dry as a bone
Dumb as a post
Dumb as a stump
Dumb like a fox
Dumber than a bucket of rocks
Dutch Uncle
Dyed in the wool

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