# Cliches In Real Life **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 17, 2013, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliches-in-real-life/669103 "2013-09-17T22:56:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliches-in-real-life/669103/41 "2013-11-07T14:52:27Z")
> [@CanvasShoes](#): > > Not me, but my sister was once a “girl in a flatbed ford” passing a corner in Winslow Arizona (not so much cliches I guess as song lyrics). 😃 I waited for her, but we must’ve just missed each other. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliches-in-real-life/669103/42 "2013-11-07T18:46:07Z")
> [@digs](#): > > I waited for her, but we must’ve just missed each other. 😃 I’ll have to ask her if she slowed down to look at anyone. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliches-in-real-life/669103/43 "2013-11-07T20:02:11Z")
I have crossed a bridge only when I came to it. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliches-in-real-life/669103/44 "2013-11-08T19:28:40Z")
I have been down and out in Paris and London. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliches-in-real-life/669103/45 "2013-11-08T20:08:42Z")
I have let a sleeping dog lie. ---
**Author:** ![Alma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alma)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliches-in-real-life/669103/46 "2013-11-08T20:43:05Z")
I dropped a deck of cards in a laundry room and they scattered everywhere. A couple got stuck in the floor drain. Yep, I had an ace in the hole. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliches-in-real-life/669103/47 "2013-11-08T21:49:42Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > I have let a sleeping dog lie. Mine just stretches the truth. ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliches-in-real-life/669103/48 "2013-11-09T00:15:34Z")
The orange Samantha cat came through the cat door and dropped a “wee sleekit beastie” at my feet then promptly left the room. While the cat was away the mouse did play. I’ve got to build a better mousetrap. But I don’t want the darned world to beat a path to my door. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliches-in-real-life/669103/49 "2013-11-09T19:55:22Z")
I’ve put my foot in it a number of times. I’ve blown off steam (pressure cooker). I’ve been in hot water. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliches-in-real-life/669103.md?page=2)