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An alphabetized list of all the clichés listed on Cliché-a-Day

Cliché             Date appeared on site
a chip off the old block           11.15.05
a deer in the headlights           04.07.06 for (04.06.06)
a drop in the bucket           02.26.06
a fish out of water           10.16.05
a fly in the ointment           01.04.06 (for 01.01.06)
a horse of a different color         10.06.05
a knockoff             02.17.06
a long row to hoe           09.24.05
a nail-biter             03.02.06
a penny for your thoughts         03.22.06 (for 03.22.06)
a pox on both your houses         01.20.06
a quick buck           10.27.05
a stitch in time saves nine         10.19.05
a tongue-lashing           01.15.06
ace in the hole or ace up his sleeve (re-entry for duplicate)     03.20.06 (for 03.20.06)
airing dirty laundry           03.20.06 (for 03.19.06)
an uphill battle           02.14.06
and the rest is history           10.10.05
another nail in the coffin         11.23.05
ants in his pants           12.27.05
as dense as a London Fog         04.12.06
as easy as falling off a log         09.28.05
as snug as a bug in a rug           09.23.05
as useful as a lead balloon         01.26.06
at the drop of a hat           12.15.05
back from the dead           04.18.06
back in the saddle           10.25.05
back to the salt mines           01.27.06
bare bones             03.05.06
barking up the wrong tree         12.18.05
beat a dead horse           03.25.06
born with a silver spoon in his mouth         12.07.05
burn your bridges           01.11.06
busier than a one-armed paper hanger       10.15.05
by the skin of my teeth           09.29.05
can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear       10.20.05
cash cow             11.30.05
cat got your tongue?           10.31.05
clean your clock           03.11.06 (for 03.12.06)
come hell or high water           10.05.05
cooking with gas now           01.17.06
cool as a cucumber           03.31.06
cost an arm and a leg           02.21.06
couldn't hit the broad side of a barn         01.18.06
cry over spilled milk           10.14.05
dig yourself into a hole           03.13.06
don't reinvent the wheel           12.04.05 (for 12.03.05)
dot the I's and cross the T's         11.02.05
dumber than a box of rocks         02.15.06
easy as 123             02.27.06
eat lead!             02.16.06
eats like a horse           10.30.05
everything but the kitchen sink         10.04.05
everything's coming up roses         12.22.05
fall head over heels           12.19.05
fell through the cracks