CLICHES Synonyms

• repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

• dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality

• one who works hard at boring tasks

• a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends

• a mediocre and disdained writer

• a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil

• a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money

• an old or over-worked horse

• a horse kept for hire

• a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.

• cut with a hacking tool

• be able to manage or manage successfully

• cut away

• kick on the arms

• kick on the shins

• fix a computer program piecemeal until it works

• significantly cut up a manuscript

• cough spasmodically

• repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

• effusively or insincerely emotional

• artificially formal

• showing signs of wear and tear

• worn or eaten away by (or as if by) moths

• lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new

• covered with or smelling of mold

• stale and unclean smelling

• dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality

• capable of being foretold

• lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age

• lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new

• urinate, of cattle and horses

• lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality

• repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

• having the nap worn away so that the threads show through

• depleted of strength or energy

• repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

• repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

• showing signs of much wear or use

• repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

• used until no longer useful

• drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted

• exploitation to the point of diminishing returns

• make use of too often or too extensively

• a trite or obvious remark

• a trite or obvious remark