| #8786, aired 2023-01-16 | CLICHÉS REPHRASE $200: Sodium chloride of our planet salt of the Earth |
| #8786, aired 2023-01-16 | CLICHÉS REPHRASE $400: An ambulatory Britannica a walking encyclopedia |
| #8786, aired 2023-01-16 | CLICHÉS REPHRASE $600: Chef's or nicoise Monday & Saturday salad days |
| #8786, aired 2023-01-16 | CLICHÉS REPHRASE $800: Unhappy Michigan or Utah & their illicit romances a sad state of affairs |
| #8786, aired 2023-01-16 | CLICHÉS REPHRASE $1000: A preeminent science journal hates a Dyson or a Hoover Nature abhors a vacuum |
| #8779, aired 2023-01-05 | CLICHES $400: Completes the cliche "All dressed up...", suggested as the epitaph for an atheist and nowhere to go |
| #8779, aired 2023-01-05 | CLICHES $800: This simile compares someone who looks not at all tired to a flower with white rays & a yellow disk fresh as a daisy |
| #8779, aired 2023-01-05 | CLICHES $1200: Samuel Taylor's great-grandniece Mary Elizabeth Coleridge began a poem do this, "my beating heart" Be still |
| #8779, aired 2023-01-05 | CLICHES $1600: Lake Superior State U.'s 2022 overused "banished words" include this phrase that follows an embarrassing query really about oneself asking for a friend |
| #8779, aired 2023-01-05 | CLICHES $2000: To mean an overall picture, instead of "the view from" this high, people could say "from 5.68 miles" 30,000 feet |
| #8697, aired 2022-09-13 | NFL OPENING WEEKEND $800: (Peter Schrager of the NFL Network presents the clue.) Those clichés about how "it's just one game" are true; in 1981, this team, led by Joe Montana & Bill Walsh, lost its first game to the Lions but ended up winning it all the 49ers |
| #8395, aired 2021-05-07 | CLICHÉS $200: Do something stealthily & you're like this kind of criminal "in the night" a thief |
| #8395, aired 2021-05-07 | CLICHÉS $400: Bare-faced, bald-faced or bold-faced, you're one of these & I'm (another cliché) taking your words with a grain of salt a liar |
| #8395, aired 2021-05-07 | CLICHÉS $600: Until the 1700s a depressed person could be "down in" just 1 of these, but now it's always plural the dump |
| #8395, aired 2021-05-07 | CLICHÉS $800: A soft bed & a warm fire are "creature" these, appealing to our animal nature as opposed to more spiritual needs comforts |
| #8395, aired 2021-05-07 | CLICHÉS $1000: A feeling of relief or rebirth is a "new" this phrase that mentions a rental agreement a lease on life |
| #8197, aired 2020-04-07 | CLICHES $400: Someone who seeks out onerous or painful tasks is a "glutton for" this punishment |
| #8197, aired 2020-04-07 | CLICHES $800: This phrase meaning to try something out is often followed by "& see who salutes" run it up the flagpole |
| #8197, aired 2020-04-07 | CLICHES $1200: Thomas Paine used a variation of the cliche "From the sublime to" this the ridiculous |
| #8197, aired 2020-04-07 | CLICHES $1600: Your boss might tell you to be different & creative & "think" this way, a much-used business cliche outside the box |
| #8197, aired 2020-04-07 | CLICHES $2000: This affirmation of resilience is in the chorus of a 2012 No. 1 hit by Kelly Clarkson what doesn't kill you makes you stronger |
| #7986, aired 2019-05-06 | CLICHES $200: To achieve a pair of goals with a single effort is to do this, perhaps using a slingshot kill two birds with one stone |
| #7986, aired 2019-05-06 | CLICHES $400: Making a wrong assumption is doing this, like when dogs pursuing their prey go to an incorrect oak barking up the wrong tree |
| #7986, aired 2019-05-06 | CLICHES $600: This type of message predicting disaster comes from the book of Daniel the writing's on the wall |
| #7986, aired 2019-05-06 | CLICHES $800: A paper entitling the bearer to food, or a source of financial support, as in "That rich wife is his ____ ____" meal ticket |
| #7986, aired 2019-05-06 | CLICHES $1000: This "effort" made in an ultimate attempt to prevent disaster comes from a final military defensive position last-ditch effort |
| #7919, aired 2019-01-31 | CLICHES $400: Contestants, to quote a rhyming cliche, "It's my way or" this, & PCH is just a few miles away the highway |
| #7919, aired 2019-01-31 | CLICHES $800: You don't want to be called "as old as" this grandfather of Noah Methuselah |
| #7919, aired 2019-01-31 | CLICHES $1200: The image here illustrates this cliche about a gift unappreciated pearls before swine |
| #7919, aired 2019-01-31 | CLICHES $1600: "Cut to the chase" means "get to the point"; you've hurt someone deeply if you've "cut to" this other speedy word quick |
| #7919, aired 2019-01-31 | CLICHES $2000: "Go pound the pavement" means start looking for work; "go pound" this substance means get lost sand |
| #7669, aired 2018-01-04 | CLICHES MADE FANCY $200: "Vigorous like one violin" fit as a fiddle |
| #7669, aired 2018-01-04 | CLICHES MADE FANCY $400: "Upon being presented with astringent citrus fruits, prepare a sweetened drink" when life gives you lemons, make lemonade |
| #7669, aired 2018-01-04 | CLICHES MADE FANCY $600: "One equine unconventional in hue" a horse of a different color |
| #7669, aired 2018-01-04 | CLICHES MADE FANCY $800: "Insufficient space for twirling one expired feline" not enough room to swing a (dead) cat |
| #7669, aired 2018-01-04 | CLICHES MADE FANCY $1000: "One ziggurat as an incarnation of brawn" a tower of strength |
| #7478, aired 2017-03-01 | CLICHES $200: Take a chance on something risky & you "throw caution to" this the wind |
| #7478, aired 2017-03-01 | CLICHES $400: Your plan sounds great, but how exactly will it work? After all, "the devil is" here in the details |
| #7478, aired 2017-03-01 | CLICHES $800 (Daily Double): "Get out of" here refers to a sometimes lawless cattle city founded in 1872 Dodge |
| #7478, aired 2017-03-01 | CLICHES $800: Thomas Campbell rhymed up a cliche when he wrote, "My winged hour so bliss have been / like angel-visits, few and" this far between |
| #7478, aired 2017-03-01 | CLICHES $1000: To mean "it looks shady", people say these "are bad"; it can also mean the science of light the optics |
| #7279, aired 2016-04-14 | CLICHES MADE FANCY $200: "Arise, then discover an aroma of java" "Wake up and smell the coffee" |
| #7279, aired 2016-04-14 | CLICHES MADE FANCY $400: "Similar to absconding with the sweets of one tot" "Like taking candy from a baby" |
| #7279, aired 2016-04-14 | CLICHES MADE FANCY $600: "After suffering a single chomp, doubly bashful" "Once bitten, twice shy" |
| #7279, aired 2016-04-14 | CLICHES MADE FANCY $800: "Beelzebub coerced my actions in said regard" "The devil made me do it" |
| #7279, aired 2016-04-14 | CLICHES MADE FANCY $1000: "Every turnpike ends in the seven-hilled city" "All roads lead to Rome" |
| #6913, aired 2014-10-08 | JOURNALISM CLICHES $200: A recent search on the nexis.com database found 580 uses in a month of "shrouded in secrecy" or "shrouded in" this mystery |
| #6913, aired 2014-10-08 | JOURNALISM CLICHES $400: Someone who switches from one pastime to another, or an action that effects a major shift a game changer |
| #6913, aired 2014-10-08 | JOURNALISM CLICHES $600: Affluent folks' lawns are described as this, as if they were tended using nail scissors manicured |
| #6913, aired 2014-10-08 | JOURNALISM CLICHES $800: If something is a quick fix to a difficult problem, it's one of these werewolf killers a silver bullet |
| #6913, aired 2014-10-08 | JOURNALISM CLICHES $1000: A representative example; the first such youngster appeared in the 1930s poster child |
| #6855, aired 2014-06-06 | ROMANTIC CLICHÉS $200: These "like limpid pools" has been called the king of all cliches eyes |
| #6855, aired 2014-06-06 | ROMANTIC CLICHÉS $400: Who's a commitment-phobe? In the words of the traditional wedding ceremony, I'm in "until death do us" this part |
| #6855, aired 2014-06-06 | ROMANTIC CLICHÉS $600: "Would you believe in" this sudden event? "Yes, I'm certain that it happens all the time" love at first sight |
| #6855, aired 2014-06-06 | ROMANTIC CLICHÉS $800: Olden knights wore mementoes of their ladies pinned to their sleeves, not actual these as in the cliche hearts |
| #6855, aired 2014-06-06 | ROMANTIC CLICHÉS $1,000 (Daily Double): A 17th c. Frenchman wrote, "Absence is to love as" this "is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it kindles the great" wind |
| #6816, aired 2014-04-14 | CLICHÉS $200: Don't do this, be the one complainer, messing things up for everyone--the whole canoe could tip over rock the boat |
| #6816, aired 2014-04-14 | CLICHÉS $400: Cliche-wise, a micromanager tends to do this to "the details" or "the small stuff" sweat |
| #6816, aired 2014-04-14 | CLICHÉS $600: Got a lot of something? Sounds like a river journey--up the ying-yang or up this other 5-letter word wazoo |
| #6816, aired 2014-04-14 | CLICHÉS $800: This means a major issue that no one wants to address; watch out for the tusks the elephant in the room |
| #6816, aired 2014-04-14 | CLICHÉS $1000: This ancient poet "sometimes nods" means even the best of us slips up Homer |
| #6670, aired 2013-09-20 | REPHRASING CLICHES $200: "Color a metropolis crimson" paint the town red |
| #6670, aired 2013-09-20 | REPHRASING CLICHES $400: "Maintain one's digits folded" (for luck) keep your fingers crossed |
| #6670, aired 2013-09-20 | REPHRASING CLICHES $600: "Obstinate like one 4-legged crossbreed" stubborn as a mule |
| #6670, aired 2013-09-20 | REPHRASING CLICHES $800: "Illumination from one underground passage's terminus" light at the end of the tunnel |
| #6670, aired 2013-09-20 | REPHRASING CLICHES $1000: "One lifeless carillonneur" a dead ringer |
| #6587, aired 2013-04-16 | MODERN BABBLING $400: The book's title says it all: "It's Not" this science "and Other Irritating Modern Cliches" It's Not Rocket Science |
| #6587, aired 2013-04-16 | MODERN BABBLING $2000: One of Forbes' "89 business cliches that will get any MBA promoted" is "low-hanging" this fruit |
| #6459, aired 2012-10-18 | CLICHES $400: To "hitch" this conveyance "to a star" means to dream big a wagon |
| #6459, aired 2012-10-18 | CLICHES $800: To commit irrevocably is to "cross" this Italian stream the Rubicon |
| #6459, aired 2012-10-18 | CLICHES $1200: If you're in your birthday suit, you're "naked as" this bird a jaybird |
| #6459, aired 2012-10-18 | CLICHES $1600: A cook who's almost done with a dish might "put it on" this alliterative place until it's needed the back burner |
| #6459, aired 2012-10-18 | CLICHES $2000: "Lay on" this man, a line from Shakespeare, means "do your damnedest" Macduff |
| #5130, aired 2006-12-22 | CLICHES $200: To damage your own interests, you can put this in your mouth or shoot yourself in it your foot |
| #5130, aired 2006-12-22 | CLICHES $400: Originally, people "grasped at" these to keep from drowning straws |
| #5130, aired 2006-12-22 | CLICHES $800: After a night of drinking with Tintin, Captain Haddock was looking a bit green around these the gills |
| #5130, aired 2006-12-22 | CLICHES $1000: Legendary Texas football coach Darrell Royal used to say you gotta do this "with the one who brung ya" dance |
| #5130, aired 2006-12-22 | CLICHES $1,800 (Daily Double): Meaning you can't make sense of it, to not be able to do this "of" something, may refer to a flipped coin make heads or tails of it |
| #4915, aired 2006-01-13 | SPORTS PAGE CLICHÉS $400: It's obligatory on doing this to say that you can't fire the players firing the coach |
| #4915, aired 2006-01-13 | SPORTS PAGE CLICHÉS $800: As his country is on the metric system, Aussie Jason Stoltenberg called tennis "a game of" these centimeters |
| #4915, aired 2006-01-13 | SPORTS PAGE CLICHÉS $1200: The phrase about your back being here has been used in sports & by Earl Haig in a more serious situation in WWI against the wall |
| #4915, aired 2006-01-13 | SPORTS PAGE CLICHÉS $1600: With all those mental mistakes, we did this, like flagellants beat ourselves |
| #4915, aired 2006-01-13 | SPORTS PAGE CLICHÉS $2000: Told, "There is no 'I' in 'team", Michael Jordan supposedly responded that there is one in this 3-letter word win |
| #4708, aired 2005-02-09 | CLICHES IN OTHER WORDS... $400: Snap one lower extremity! Break a leg! |
| #4708, aired 2005-02-09 | CLICHES IN OTHER WORDS... $800: Clothed for committing
homicide dressed to kill |
| #4708, aired 2005-02-09 | CLICHES IN OTHER WORDS... $1200: Annoy a fellow the same height as thee pick on somebody your own size |
| #4708, aired 2005-02-09 | CLICHES IN OTHER WORDS... $1600: One single avian present equals multiples perching amongst foliage a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush |
| #4708, aired 2005-02-09 | CLICHES IN OTHER WORDS... $2000: "Carmen" remains unfinished up to the time a beefy broad belts out a ditty the opera ain't over 'til the fat lady sings |
| #4186, aired 2002-11-11 | COMMENCEMENT CLICHES $400: Senator Christopher Dodd told UConn grads that the only constant is this change |
| #4186, aired 2002-11-11 | COMMENCEMENT CLICHES $800: Do this if you're hurrying through life, or if you're passing a florist's aromatic shop stop and smell the roses |
| #4186, aired 2002-11-11 | COMMENCEMENT CLICHES $1200: Speakers compare themselves to the body at this Irish event -- people need you there, but don't expect you to say much wake |
| #4186, aired 2002-11-11 | COMMENCEMENT CLICHES $1600: This oft-quoted Robert Frost poem says the 2 paths were actually about equally worn "The Road Not Taken" |
| #4186, aired 2002-11-11 | COMMENCEMENT CLICHES $2000: You'll be reminded that "Commencement is not" this 3-letter antonym of "commencement" an end |
| #4069, aired 2002-04-18 | CLICHES IN OTHER WORDS $200: When footwear is of the right size, don same If the shoe fits, wear it |
| #4069, aired 2002-04-18 | CLICHES IN OTHER WORDS $400: Existing at the topmost portion of a pig living high on the hog |
| #4069, aired 2002-04-18 | CLICHES IN OTHER WORDS $600: Far from a well-worn path [*]off the beaten trail [**]off the beaten track |
| #4069, aired 2002-04-18 | CLICHES IN OTHER WORDS $800: Maintain one's digits overlapped Keep your fingers crossed |
| #4069, aired 2002-04-18 | CLICHES IN OTHER WORDS $1000: Remove a feline from a sack Let the cat out of the bag |
| #3979, aired 2001-12-13 | CLICHES OVER THE CELL PHONE $200: Boy, it was so quiet you could have heard... a pin drop |
| #3979, aired 2001-12-13 | CLICHES OVER THE CELL PHONE $400: I can use whatever you bring me -- it's all just...for the mill grist |
| #3979, aired 2001-12-13 | CLICHES OVER THE CELL PHONE $600: You know what they say -- it isn't..., it's the size of the fight in the dog the size of the dog in the fight |
| #3979, aired 2001-12-13 | CLICHES OVER THE CELL PHONE $800: Wow, you've taken care of it already?! You don't let the grass... grow under your feet |
| #3979, aired 2001-12-13 | CLICHES OVER THE CELL PHONE $1000: I know you want to say what you think, but you catch more flies with honey... than with vinegar |
| #3906, aired 2001-09-03 | ACCENTÉ $1,500 (Daily Double): James Rogers' "Dictionary of" these includes "on the horns of a dilemma" & "hook, line & sinker" clichés |
| #3823, aired 2001-03-28 | CLICHES $200: A dedicated athlete is said to "give" this, equal to 55/50 110% |
| #3823, aired 2001-03-28 | CLICHES $400: A child following in parental footsteps often hears that this "never falls far from the tree" Apple |
| #3823, aired 2001-03-28 | CLICHES $600: If someone has sold you this list of products, you've been taken Bill of goods |
| #3823, aired 2001-03-28 | CLICHES $800: In toasty terms, to be keenly aware of one's own interests is to "know" this Which side your bread is buttered on |
| #3823, aired 2001-03-28 | CLICHES $1000: This regretful 5-word sentence is a Thomas Wolfe book title You Can't Go Home Again |
| #3746, aired 2000-12-11 | TOM CRUISE FILMS $2,000 (Daily Double): Leonard Maltin said the cliches in this 1990 action drama gave new meaning to the term "Formula One" Days of Thunder |
| #3497, aired 1999-11-16 | THAT'S SO CLICHE! $500: If you match the desired of quality, you're "up to" this tobacco product Snuff |
| #3386, aired 1999-05-03 | CHAT ROOM CLICHES $100: FWIW:
"For"
this For what it's worth |
| #3386, aired 1999-05-03 | CHAT ROOM CLICHES $200: BTW:
"By"
this By the way |
| #3386, aired 1999-05-03 | CHAT ROOM CLICHES $300: LOL:
"Laughing"
this way Laughing out loud |
| #3386, aired 1999-05-03 | CHAT ROOM CLICHES $400: IMHO:
"In my"
this In my humble opinion |
| #3386, aired 1999-05-03 | CHAT ROOM CLICHES $500: HTH:
"Hope this"
does this Hope this helps |
| #3328, aired 1999-02-10 | SHAKESPEAREAN CLICHES $100: In this play, Cicero's speech leads Casca to state the obvious: "It was Greek to me" Julius Caesar |
| #3328, aired 1999-02-10 | SHAKESPEAREAN CLICHES $200: When he asks the Merchant of Venice for "a pound of flesh", he means it, literally Shylock |
| #3328, aired 1999-02-10 | SHAKESPEAREAN CLICHES $300: He hoped King Duncan's death would be the first "Be-all and end-all" Macbeth |
| #3328, aired 1999-02-10 | SHAKESPEAREAN CLICHES $400: The phrase "fair play" is introduced & the Magna Carta is left out of the play named for this king King John |
| #3328, aired 1999-02-10 | SHAKESPEAREAN CLICHES $500 (Daily Double): After mistakenly killing this man, Hamlet describes himself as "cruel only to be kind" Polonius |
| #3227, aired 1998-09-22 | SPORTING CLICHES $100: Hit below the belt boxing |
| #3227, aired 1998-09-22 | SPORTING CLICHES $200: Par for the course golf |
| #3227, aired 1998-09-22 | SPORTING CLICHES $300: Threw him a curve baseball |
| #3227, aired 1998-09-22 | SPORTING CLICHES $400: No holds barred wrestling |
| #3227, aired 1998-09-22 | SPORTING CLICHES $500: Not pulling one's weight rowing |
| #3132, aired 1998-03-24 | "IN & OUT" CLICHES $100: A cooking situation that's gone from bad to worse out of the frying pan, into the fire |
| #3132, aired 1998-03-24 | "IN & OUT" CLICHES $200: To be out of favor temporarily, as when "Peter Pan"'s Mr. Darling was exiled to Nana's kennel in the doghouse |
| #3132, aired 1998-03-24 | "IN & OUT" CLICHES $400: Visual cliche that's the opposite of "Absence makes the heart grow fonder" out of sight, out of mind |
| #3132, aired 1998-03-24 | "IN & OUT" CLICHES $500: Lady Macbeth's 3-word lament while sleepwalking, it precedes, "Out, I say!" Out, damn spot! |
| #3132, aired 1998-03-24 | "IN & OUT" CLICHES $1,000 (Daily Double): 1986 movie seen here: Down and Out in Beverly Hills |
| #3128, aired 1998-03-18 | CLICHES $100: "Fair and" this geometric shape means honestly square |
| #3128, aired 1998-03-18 | CLICHES $200: Something that is not unusual is described as "run of" this place the mill |
| #3128, aired 1998-03-18 | CLICHES $300: To stir up trouble you put it "among the pigeons"; to give away an ending you let it "out of the bag" the cat |
| #3128, aired 1998-03-18 | CLICHES $400: Similar to "shape up or ship out" is "straighten up and" do this fly right |
| #3128, aired 1998-03-18 | CLICHES $500: From the Dutch "honk", meaning "home" or "goal" comes this phrase for all is A-OK hunky-dory |
| #3127, aired 1998-03-17 | ANIMAL CLICHES $100: Matthew 7:6 is the source of the famous phrase about not casting "pearls before" these swine |
| #3127, aired 1998-03-17 | ANIMAL CLICHES $200: Don't look one "in the mouth" or we'll say, "neigh!" a gift horse |
| #3127, aired 1998-03-17 | ANIMAL CLICHES $300: Someone who feigns innocence but has evil intentions is "A Wolf in" this odd attire sheep's clothing |
| #3127, aired 1998-03-17 | ANIMAL CLICHES $400: This familiar phrase for a clumsy person calls to mind a big bovine in a porcelain boutique a bull in a china shop |
| #3127, aired 1998-03-17 | ANIMAL CLICHES $500: After "March comes in like a lion" it does this goes out like a lamb |
| #2287, aired 1994-07-12 | CLICHES $100: Dealing with the task at hand is "getting down to brass" ones of these tacks |
| #2287, aired 1994-07-12 | CLICHES $200: A person with a failing or weakness is said to have "feet of" this material clay |
| #2287, aired 1994-07-12 | CLICHES $300: Referring to ancient athletic prizes, to be content with one's success is "to rest on" these your laurels |
| #2287, aired 1994-07-12 | CLICHES $400: It's plain to see that "nuda veritas" is Latin for this cliche naked truth |
| #2287, aired 1994-07-12 | CLICHES $1,000 (Daily Double): This expression meaning away from turmoil became popular after Thomas Hardy used it as a book title Far from the Madding Crowd |
| #2266, aired 1994-06-13 | CLICHES $100: An absent-minded person "has her head in" these—how heavenly clouds |
| #2266, aired 1994-06-13 | CLICHES $200: Shakespeare said "From the smoke into the smother"; we say "Out of the frying pan into" this the fire |
| #2266, aired 1994-06-13 | CLICHES $300: Abe Lincoln didn't invent the cliche "paddle your own" one of these, but he did like to say it a canoe |
| #2266, aired 1994-06-13 | CLICHES $400: "Spectral" phrase for what a lost cause doesn't have a ghost of a chance |
| #2266, aired 1994-06-13 | CLICHES $500: Cloth is stretched on a tenter, so to be "on" these is to be stretched to the point of anxiety tenterhooks |
| #2219, aired 1994-04-07 | CLICHES $100: When you anticipate something with great relish, you do this to your chops lick them |
| #2219, aired 1994-04-07 | CLICHES $200: You may need more conditioner if you argue over trifles, because you're "splitting" these hairs |
| #2219, aired 1994-04-07 | CLICHES $300: The centuries-old phrase "Float or sink" evolved into "Sink or" do this swim |
| #2219, aired 1994-04-07 | CLICHES $400: A scheme that's ill-conceived is described as this, which implies it's only 50% cooked half-baked |
| #2219, aired 1994-04-07 | CLICHES $500: A small boy is called a "little" one of these, though he probably doesn't use a razor a shaver |
| #2212, aired 1994-03-29 | CLICHES $100: Something that's over with is "water over the dam" or "water under" here the bridge |
| #2212, aired 1994-03-29 | CLICHES $200: Any seamstress can tell you that to be uneasy is to "be on" these 2 items pins & needles |
| #2212, aired 1994-03-29 | CLICHES $300: To overlook an important matter for a lesser one is to "throw the baby out with" this the bathwater |
| #2212, aired 1994-03-29 | CLICHES $400: Dating back to the Bible, to give up or fail in an endeavor is to "fall by" this the wayside |
| #2212, aired 1994-03-29 | CLICHES $500: Napoleon was among the first to describe the English as "a nation of" these shopkeepers |
| #2087, aired 1993-10-05 | CLICHES $100: When you accept something you don't want to, you do this to your pride—gulp! swallow |
| #2087, aired 1993-10-05 | CLICHES $200: A person whose motives are easy to "read" is described as an "open" one of these a book |
| #2087, aired 1993-10-05 | CLICHES $300: It's the perfect shape for a fair deal or a satisfying meal square |
| #2087, aired 1993-10-05 | CLICHES $400: An honored guest at a dinner party is said "to sit above" this seasoning the salt |
| #2087, aired 1993-10-05 | CLICHES $500: A weapon that hung by a thread at King Dionysius' banquet gave us this "cutting" phrase for impending danger the sword of Damocles |
| #2005, aired 1993-04-30 | CLICHES $100: When you issue orders, you "lay down" this the law |
| #2005, aired 1993-04-30 | CLICHES $200: It's where an emotional man "wears his heart" on his sleeve |
| #2005, aired 1993-04-30 | CLICHES $300: One who's at a disadvantage is said to be "over this" container over a barrel |
| #2005, aired 1993-04-30 | CLICHES $400: When you change your mind constantly, you're said to "blow" these two opposites hot & cold |
| #2005, aired 1993-04-30 | CLICHES $500: It's how you might describe a difficult problem, person or pistachio a hard nut to crack |
| #1961, aired 1993-03-01 | CLICHES $100: According to the cliche, a man who lacks perception can't do this past the end of his nose see |
| #1961, aired 1993-03-01 | CLICHES $200: Gardeners know "to nip" something "in" this means to stop it from developing the bud |
| #1961, aired 1993-03-01 | CLICHES $300: It often precedes "in the mouth" or "on his luck" down |
| #1961, aired 1993-03-01 | CLICHES $400: A person newly in office may make sweeping changes, hence "a new" one of these "sweeps clean" a broom |
| #1961, aired 1993-03-01 | CLICHES $500: The phrase "Love me, love" this pet dates all the way back to St. Bernard my dog |
| #1819, aired 1992-06-25 | CLICHES $100: = = |
| #1819, aired 1992-06-25 | CLICHES $200: = = |
| #1819, aired 1992-06-25 | CLICHES $300: = = |
| #1819, aired 1992-06-25 | CLICHES $400: = = |
| #1819, aired 1992-06-25 | CLICHES $500: = = |
| #1736, aired 1992-03-02 | CLICHES $200: The saying "The show must" do this originated in the circus, not in the theatre go on |
| #1736, aired 1992-03-02 | CLICHES $400: For hundreds of years, parents have known that "Little pitchers have" these big ears |
| #1736, aired 1992-03-02 | CLICHES $600: To amuse someone is to do this to "his fancy" tickle |
| #1736, aired 1992-03-02 | CLICHES $800: In 447 B.C. Polycrates found a treasure after the Delphi oracle told him to "leave no stone" this unturned |
| #1736, aired 1992-03-02 | CLICHES $1000: To take money for one purpose & use it for another is to "Rob Peter to" do this pay Paul |
| #1704, aired 1992-01-16 | CLICHES $100: A hidden advantage is like having this card "in the hole" an ace |
| #1704, aired 1992-01-16 | CLICHES $200: It's what you "bury" when you end a quarrel the hatchet |
| #1704, aired 1992-01-16 | CLICHES $300: Someone who has potential but lacks polishing is said to be like this "in the rough" a diamond |
| #1704, aired 1992-01-16 | CLICHES $400: To do something intermittently is to do it in "fits and" these a start |
| #1704, aired 1992-01-16 | CLICHES $500: Like protecting a ship from a storm, when you prepare for trouble, you do this batten down the hatches |
| #1643, aired 1991-10-23 | CLICHES $200: To be "under" this digit is to be under someone else's power under one's thumb |
| #1643, aired 1991-10-23 | CLICHES $400: If you're "pushing up daisies", you're not arranging flowers, you're this dead |
| #1643, aired 1991-10-23 | CLICHES $600: If someone looks innocent but probably isn't you'd say this "wouldn't melt in his mouth" butter |
| #1643, aired 1991-10-23 | CLICHES $800: "To put" 1 of these "among the pigeons" means to stir up trouble a cat |
| #1643, aired 1991-10-23 | CLICHES $1000: The phrase about an "iron hand in" one of these may have originated with Napoleon velvet glove |
| #1599, aired 1991-07-11 | CLICHÉS $100: A person who is well off lives "in the lap of" this luxury |
| #1599, aired 1991-07-11 | CLICHÉS $200: Adults warn children to be on their best behavior by telling them to "mind" these 2 letters your "P"s & "Q"s |
| #1599, aired 1991-07-11 | CLICHÉS $300: The phrase "to" do this "by a thread" alludes to the legendary sword of damocles to hang by a thread |
| #1599, aired 1991-07-11 | CLICHÉS $400: To be active in many endeavors is to "have a finger in every" one of these desserts pies |
| #1599, aired 1991-07-11 | CLICHÉS $500: If you're very frightened or anxious, you "have your heart in" this body part your mouth |
| #1551, aired 1991-05-06 | CLICHÉS $100: One of these "is worth a thousand words", which is why we have Video Daily Doubles a picture |
| #1551, aired 1991-05-06 | CLICHÉS $200: To take action in a crisis is to "take the bull by" these the horns |
| #1551, aired 1991-05-06 | CLICHÉS $300: "Storm in a teacup" is another version of this cliche about a squabble over a trifle a tempest in a teapot |
| #1551, aired 1991-05-06 | CLICHÉS $400: To "drop the other" one of these means to end the suspense shoe |
| #1551, aired 1991-05-06 | CLICHÉS $500: If you're moving between perils, you're said to be steering between Scylla & this whirlpool Charybdis |
| #1519, aired 1991-03-21 | CLICHES $100: A suspicious person is said to smell one of these rodents a rat |
| #1519, aired 1991-03-21 | CLICHES $200: If your hat is in this, you're a candidate the ring |
| #1519, aired 1991-03-21 | CLICHES $300: To rub this in a wound means to add insult to injury; ouch! salt |
| #1519, aired 1991-03-21 | CLICHES $400: To rule this means to be in charge, as a cock of the walk could tell you the roost |
| #1519, aired 1991-03-21 | CLICHES $500: Probably originating among circus folk or traveling theater groups, it means "let's get moving" let's get the show on the road |
| #1290, aired 1990-03-23 | CLICHES $100: The American version of the British "Johnny Newcome" "Johnny-come-lately" |
| #1290, aired 1990-03-23 | CLICHES $200: Term for something that's different or unusual, not on the well-worn path off the beaten path |
| #1290, aired 1990-03-23 | CLICHES $300: A person or thing that comes at the end of a list but is nonetheless important last, but not least |
| #1290, aired 1990-03-23 | CLICHES $400: Phrase meaning "wish me luck", from the old superstition of making the sign of the cross to ward off evil keep your fingers crossed |
| #1290, aired 1990-03-23 | CLICHES $500: From a magician's trick, it means to accomplish the unexpected or find a surprising solution pull a rabbit out of a hat |
| #1260, aired 1990-02-09 | CLICHES $200: To have "one foot in" this means to be hovering on the brink of death The Grave |
| #1260, aired 1990-02-09 | CLICHES $400: To "Go whole" this means to stop at nothing, you animal, you Hog |
| #1260, aired 1990-02-09 | CLICHES $600: If you did this to someone's "goose", you spoiled his plans Cooked It |
| #1260, aired 1990-02-09 | CLICHES $1000: This phrase comes from the old custom of making the sign of the cross with a coin on someone's palm Cross My Palm With Silver |
| #1260, aired 1990-02-09 | CLICHES $1,500 (Daily Double): This cliche referring to callousness in the face of calamity was inspired by the emperor Nero Fiddling While Rome Burns |
| #876, aired 1988-05-30 | CLICHES $200: It means a frank conversation, not necessarily between cardiologists a heart-to-heart talk |
| #876, aired 1988-05-30 | CLICHES $400: Meaning "stay calm", it probably comes from a man's tendency to remove clothing before a fight keep your shirt on |
| #876, aired 1988-05-30 | CLICHES $600: This name comes from an 18th c. tale of a girl who went around showing everyone her new footwear Goody Two-Shoes |
| #876, aired 1988-05-30 | CLICHES $800: Greek for "the many" it refers to the common folk or the masses the hoi polloi |
| #876, aired 1988-05-30 | CLICHES $1000: Chairman Mao is said to have coined this phrase which means something ineffective paper tiger |
