Clichés are horrible. They give us the perfect excuse not to express what were actually feeling but instead hide behind a socially polite expression that doesnt really mean anything. If someone asks us if weve had a nice day we reply that weve had worse, when what we should say is while this isnt the worst day of my entire life its still been absolutely terrible in every imaginable way. For useful though clichés may seem, its actually far more annoying to have someone dance around the issue rather than just tell us straight. For example, when were going through a break up and our best friend tells us theres plenty more fish in the sea, wouldnt we rather hear forget about him/her - you can do better? Exactly. So lets stop beating around the bush (cliché alert, dammit!) and tell it like it is.