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You know that the English unabridged dictionary is at least 5 inches think with words and meanings. Out of all of those words only a few are used over and over. But, they are used continually to convey thoughts, ideas and to describe situations.

They are in every book, every story, every news article and are in the public domain over and over.

So a phrase is similar to another by someone else, does that someone else have exclusive right to that phrase without copywrite?

If that is so, then we are all guilty of plagiarism. Because we use those phrases and words in every day conversation continuously. Maybe it would be better is no one spoke another word or put another word on a piece of paper. (src)