cliché
[noun]
Synonyms: platitude, banality, commonplace, hackneyed phrase, stereotype, truism

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cli‧ché /ˈkliːʃeɪ $ kliːˈʃeɪ/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1800-1900; Language: French; Origin: past participle of clicher 'to print from a metal plate']
an idea or phrase that has been used so much that it is not effective or does not have any meaning any longer:
There is plenty of truth in the cliché that a trouble shared is a trouble halved.
—clichéd adjective

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cliché

an old cliché
He seemed to believe that old cliché about a woman’s place being in the home.
a tired cliché (=boring because it has been used so often)
The story is based on a series of tired clichés.
a worn-out cliché (=very boring)
His writing is full of worn-out clichés.
a popular cliché (=one used by a lot of people)
The term 'information revolution' is a popular cliché.
a romantic cliché (=something romantic that is rather boring because many people do it)
Giving a girl red roses is a bit of a romantic cliché.
use a cliché
'Time marches on', to use the old cliché.
be full of clichés
Sports reporting tends to be full of clichés.
avoid cliché/clichés
Try and avoid clichés.
become a cliché
It has become a cliché to say that Prague is the most beautiful city in Europe.

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phrase a group of words that have a particular meaning when used together, or which someone uses on a particular occasion:
What was the phrase he used to describe her?
I’ve never heard of the phrase before.
The President often used the phrase ‘War on terror’.
expression a fixed phrase which is used in a language and has a particular meaning:
a colloquial expression (=an informal expression used in everyday spoken language)
The old-fashioned expression ‘in the family way’ means pregnant.
a common English expression
I was absolutely knackered, if you’ll pardon the expression (=used when you think someone might be offended by the words you have used).
idiom a group of words that has a special meaning which you cannot guess from the meanings of each separate word:
‘Under the weather’ is an idiom which means ‘ill’.
cliché a phrase that is boring and no longer original because people use it a lot:
The phrase ‘at the end of the day’ has become a real cliché.
There is some truth in the old cliché that time is a great healer.
saying/proverb a well-known phrase that gives advice about life:
Do you know the saying ‘A problem shared is a problem halved’?
There is an old Chinese proverb which states ‘A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step’.
slogan a short phrase that is easy to remember, especially one that is used in advertising:
advertising slogans
Protesters were shouting anti-government slogans.
motto a phrase that expresses a person’s or organization’s beliefs and aims:
The school motto was ‘Truth and Honour’.

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word a single group of letters that are used together with a particular meaning:
‘Casa’ is the Italian word for ‘house’.
I looked up the word in a dictionary.
name a word that you use for a particular thing, place, organization etc:
Iberia is the ancient name for the Spanish Peninsula.
What’s the name of that type of dog?
term a word or group of words that is used in a specific subject or area of language:
The medical term for losing your hair is ‘alopecia’.
People use the term ‘carbon footprint’ to talk about man’s polluting effect on the environment.
phrase a group of words that have a particular meaning when used together, or which someone uses on a particular occasion:
We don’t really have a phrase for ‘bon appétit’ in English.
Politicians keep using the phrase ‘family values’.
an Italian phrase book
expression a fixed phrase which is used in a language and has a particular meaning:
He uses a lot of obscure expressions that I don’t really understand.
What does the expression ‘wage slavery’ mean?
buzzword /ˈbʌzwɜːd $ -wɜːrd/ a word or group of words that people in a particular type of work or activity have started using a lot because they think it is important:
E-learning is the buzzword in educational publishing at the moment.
For anthropologists, ethnodiversity has been a buzzword for quite a while.
idiom /ˈɪdiəm/ a group of words that has a special meaning which you cannot guess from the meanings of each separate word:
‘Full of beans’ is an idiom which means feeling lively and energetic.
cliché /ˈkliːʃeɪ $ kliːˈʃeɪ/ a group of words that is used so often that it seems rather boring, annoying, or silly:
It’s a bit of a cliché, but good communication skills are the key to success.
the old movie cliché ‘we can’t go on meeting like this’
slang very informal words used especially by a particular group of people such as young people, criminals, or soldiers:
Grass is slang for marijuana.
prison slang
army slang
jargon words and phrases used in a particular profession or by a particular group of people, which are difficult for other people to understand – often used to show disapproval:
The instructions were full of technical jargon.
complicated legal jargon

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