English-Finnish translations for cliché

• klisee
  Nykyään on klisee sanoa, että ihmisoikeudet ovat jakamattomia. It is a cliché now to state that human rights are indivisible.
  Tästä sanonnasta on tullut klisee, mutta tällä kertaa se sattuu pitämään paikkansa. Saying this has become a cliché, but this time it happens to be true.
  Toiseksi haluan huomauttaa, että pienten ja keskisuurten yritysten nimittäminen EU:n talouden selkärangaksi on pelkkä klisee. Secondly, it is a cliché to say that small- and medium-size enterprises are the backbone of the European economy.
• latteus

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