English-Dutch translations for cliché

• cliché
  Naar mijn mening worden hiermee slechts clichés gevoed. I see this as resorting to clichés.
  Tweede levensgroot cliché: Europa zou hebben standgehouden, maar Japan heeft Europa in de steek gelaten. The second great cliché is that Europe would have held out, but was abandoned by Japan.
  Dat strookt misschien niet met het clichébeeld, maar het is een feit. That may not tally with the clichéd view but it is a fact.
• gemeenplaats
  Daarom dreigt praten over Oost-Timor een gemeenplaats te worden, aangezien er niets is veranderd of verbeterd. Speaking of the East Timor question, runs the risk unfortunately of becoming something of a cliché because nothing has changed and nothing has improved.
• platitude

Definition of cliché

• Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude.
• A stereotype (printing plate
• To use a cliché; to make up a word or a name that sounds like a cliché

Examples

• The villain kidnapping the love interest in a film is a bit of a cliché.

Related words

• cliche
• clichéd
• tired clichés