End the Madness

Thrown under the bus.

I've used this phrase often. My wife uses this phrase. EVERYONE IS USING IT! So let’s just retire it and call it a day before things get out of hand.

Do we want our parents using this side-splitting reference?

I rest my case.

Besides, did this ever actually happen? There are all kinds of phrases that work their way into the English language that have origins in history. In fact I've never heard a bus driver use the term. You know why? Because IT NEVER HAPPENED. NEVER.

Do we want a nation of shopkeepers all saying the same thing: The laundry mat forgot to get out the lipstick stain on my collor. They threw me under the bus. Let’s nip this in the bud right now and stop the bleeding. It’s time to rain in on this parade and stop treating this series of words like a sacred cow. These emerging cliches need to end like the plague.