"He started it."
Cain
"He started it."
Cain
Have those Homeric Metaphors become Cliches? They have certainly been copied and used over and over.
Wine dark sea.
Rosy fingered dawn.
What words have escaped through the door of your teeth! (or- I can't believe you just said that! )
That's about 800bc ish.
The oldest would be "Go on I dare you" (bite that apple.)
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Ooh, I dunno. What about the one trotted out by every amdram play director rehearsing the curtain-raising number, jocular gymteacher opening up for the first lesson of the day and matey pub landlord illuminating the smoking area on a winter's evening?
"Let there be light!"
"Yeah, yeah - very witty. And so original too."
If "He started it" was first, then "It's not Fair" will be up there as well.
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"Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first." Ronald Reagan
"Hey, baby, going my way?" -- Adam to the new chick.
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -- Mahatma Gandhi
I think it is Arab literature
The scariest cliche that's ever been existent is do as you wish you have been done!