Quick! Get Me a Cliché!

The next time you decide to ignore writing advice from the likes of George Orwell or Strunk and White and fully embrace the linguistic mediocrity of clichés that is our right (and we all do it sometimes), don't worry if you find yourself out of stock. Cliché Finder us a web site with over 3,300 sayings indexed for quick access. But one person's cliché could be another's unique expression. For example, here's what popped up when I searched for night:

ships that pass in the night
Saturday-night special
fly-by-night
dead of night
burn the midnight oil
midnight is where the day begins
a wet bird never flies at night
I wouldn't send a dog out on a night like this
under cover of night
I was born at night, but not last night
if you expect to soar with the eagles during the day, you can't hoot with the owls at night
pull an all-nighter
things that go bump in the night
worked night and day
kept me up all night long
Good Night, sleep tight, and don't let the bed bugs bite.
dance the night away
the night of all nights
a night of passion
like a thief in the night
in the heat of the night
boys night out

A wet bird never flies at night? Who would have guessed?