popular cliché
Frequency: 6.08.2 per million words
A cliché that is widely known and used by many people.
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Examples (10)
- The movie relied on the popular cliché that all Californians are surfers.
- The idea that artists must suffer for their art is a popular cliché that many still believe.
- His speech was full of popular clichés and offered no original ideas.
- "Don't just tell me 'everything happens for a reason'; that's such a popular cliché."
- Aspiring writers are often advised to avoid using any popular cliché in their stories.
- Is the 'rags to riches' story just a popular cliché, or does it still hold true today?
- The documentary challenged the popular cliché of the 'American Dream'.
- In the 1950s, the popular cliché was that a woman's place was in the home.
- Her novel was refreshing because it didn't resort to any popular cliché about love.
- Despite being a popular cliché, the saying 'an apple a day keeps the doctor away' contains some truth.