Talking in cliches - compile your own list

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

... and why are so many clichés rounded off with a "to coin a phrase"?

[mercia]

que sera


to coin a phrase

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

[Panjandrum]

... and why are so many clichés rounded off with a "to coin a phrase"?

Irony?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Irony?

- I wish! (TCaP!)

[Serial_Apologist]

que sera


to coin a phrase

"Whatever will be will be" is tautological, like predestination, since whatever happens was going to happen, otherwise it wouldn't.

(Unless of course you're one of those people who says things happen because they're intended. But for that to be the case would require an intender.)

[Pabmusic]

"Whatever will be will be" is tautological, like predestination, since whatever happens was going to happen, otherwise it wouldn't...

Don't really agree. At the very least it's an intentional, ironic, tautology - but I'd say it's nearer to the idea of hendyadis ("it's nice and warm today";"the sound and the fury"). Both use a repetition of ideas for emphasis, and both are stylistically sound.

[amateur51]

Don't really agree. At the very least it's an intentional, ironic, tautology - but I'd say it's nearer to the idea of hendyadis ("it's nice and warm today";"the sound and the fury"). Both use a repetition of ideas for emphasis, and both are stylistically sound.

Cor, nice one Pab - I'll have to practice the pronunciation before I use it, mind

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Cor, nice one Pab - I'll have to practice the pronunciation before I use it, mind

Mind you, it looks faintly Welsh: "hendyadis" (? = "the old couple"?)

[Pabmusic]

Cor, nice one Pab - I'll have to practice the pronunciation before I use it, mind

That's one thing I enjoy about these forums, Ams - where else would I ever get the chance to write 'hendyadis'?