Set Expressions The cliche

Lecture 7.

Set Expressions The cliche.
Plan:

1. 
   Proverbs and sayings.
   
2. 
   Allusion.
   
3. 
   Decomposition of set phrases.
   

Key words: proverbs, sayings, allusion, alliteration, parallelism, rhyme, ellipsis, hyperbole, paradox, personification.

A cliche is generally defined as an expression that has become hackneyed and trite. In phraseology, the term has taken on a more technical meaning, referring to any expression imposed by conventionalized linguistic usage: eg. nerves of steel; tail between his legs;

Live and learn. Stay the course. What goes around comes around.

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

All for one, and one for all

Do you think 1 am made of money? implies that you don't have any money,

Proverbs and sayings.