If I Had a Dime for Every Cliche You Can Make...

The Cliche-O-Matic



Situation #1: Desperation (e.g., 'I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!')



I'm so , I could a !



Situation #2: Surprise (e.g., 'You could have knocked me over with a feather!')



You could have me with a/an !



Situation #3: Skepticism (e.g., 'Don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining!')



Don't on my and tell me it's !



Situation #4: Stupidity (e.g., 'She's not the sharpest tool in the shed!')



She's not the in/on the !



Situation #5: Wishfulness (e.g., 'The grass is always greener on the other side!')



The is/are always in/on the !



Situation #6: Ingenuity (e.g., 'There's more than one way to skin a cat!')



There's more than one way to a/an !



Situation #7: Cautiousness (e.g., 'It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye!')



It's all and until someone a/an !



Situation #8: Disappointment (e.g., 'That's the way the cookie crumbles!')



That's the way the !



Situation #9: Anticipation (e.g., 'The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step!')



The of a begins with a single !



Situation #10: Philosophy (e.g., 'Some days you're the hydrant; some days you're the dog!')



Some days you're the ; some days you're the !



Situation #11: New Opportunities (e.g., 'There are plenty of other fish in the sea!')



There are plenty of other in the !



Situation #12: Ignorance (e.g., 'He doesn't know shit from shinola!')



He doesn't know from !



Situation #13: Defiance (e.g., 'That which does not kill me will only make me stronger!')



That which does not me will only make me !



Situation #14: Building Consensus (e.g., 'Let's run it up the flagpole and see who salutes!')



Let's it the and see who !



Situation #15: Disgust (e.g., 'I need that like I need a hole in my head!')



I need that like I need a/an in my !



Situation #16: Appreciation (e.g., 'You're the bee's knees!')



You're the 's !



Situation #17: Anger (e.g., 'That really burns my ass!')



That really my !



Situation #18: Conciliation (e.g., 'Don't get your undies in a bunch!')



Don't get your in a !



Situation #19: (Sexual) Futility (e.g., 'It'd be like throwing a hotdog down a hallway!')



It'd be like throwing a/an down a/an !



Situation #20: Hope (e.g., 'I can see the light at the end of the tunnel!')



I can see the at the end of the !



Situation #21: Equality (e.g., 'What's good for the goose is good for the gander!')



What's for the is for the !



Situation #22: Aloofness (e.g., 'That and a quarter will get you a cup of coffee!')



That and a/an will get you a/an !



Situation #23: Astonishment (e.g., 'Well, slap my ass and call me Charlie!')



Well, my and call me !



Situation #24: Exploration (e.g., 'Let's try it just for shits and giggles!')



Let's try it just for and !



Situation #25: Reality Check (e.g., 'You can't put the toothpaste back in the tube!')



You can't put the back in the !



Situation #26: Romance (e.g., 'The way to a man's heart is through the stomach!')



The way to a/an 's is through the !



Situation #27: Optimism (e.g., 'It's always darkest before the dawn!')



It's always before the !



Situation #28: Proper Nutrition (e.g., 'An apple a day keeps the doctor away!')



A/an a keeps the !



Situation #29: Perserverance (e.g., 'If at first you don't succeed, try try again!')



If at first you don't , again!



Situation #30: Prudence (e.g., 'Fools rush in where angels fear to tread!')



Fools where fear to !



Situation #31: Aesthetics (e.g., 'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!')



is in the of the !



Situation #32: Patience (e.g., 'Don't count your chickens before they hatch!')



Don't your before they !



Situation #33: Good Fortune (e.g., 'Even a blind squirrel will find a nut sometimes!')



Even a will find a sometimes!



Situation #34: Initiative (e.g., 'Sometimes you have to take the bull by the horns!')



Sometimes you have to the by the !



Situation #35: Tough Choices (e.g., 'You can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs!')



You can't a/an without some !





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