A cliché and is an expression that at its birth was both original and clever. But clever expressions spread like wildfire (I couldn’t resist that one!), and over the passage of time such expressions become trite and overused. Readers often see clichés as signs of laziness and/or lack of creativity. https://robsmegaphone.com/2008/02/21/layers-of-revision/

But just for today, let’s embrace the cliché.