He has managed to capture the particular aura that made even the poet's more mundane activities-of which there were many-fascinatingly boring, so to speak, rather than merely boringly boring.
– John Gross
The catch phrase positively rejoices in being a formula, an accepted gambit, a ready-made reaction.
– John Gross
The cliche is a hackneyed idiom that hopes that it can still palm itself off as a fresh response.