A cliché is an idea, a phrase, or a story-shape people have used so many times that it has gone soft. It no longer surprises anyone, and often it no longer says anything sharp. “Every cloud has a silver lining,” a film that ends with a race to the airport, a speech that only says “follow your dreams” — these can all be clichés when they feel tired.

A cliché陳腔濫調 is是 an idea一個想法、a phrase一句話、or或 a story-shape一種故事套路 people have used so many times被人們用過太多次 that it has gone soft已經變得沒有新意了。It它 no longer surprises anyone不再讓任何人感到驚訝，and而 often it no longer says anything sharp常常也說不出什麼犀利的話。"Every cloud has a silver lining,"「每朵烏雲背後都有一線光明」 a film that ends with a race to the airport以衝去機場的追逐戲收尾的電影、a speech that only says "follow your dreams"只會說「勇敢追夢」的演講——when they feel tired當這些讓人覺得老套時 these這些 can all be clichés都算是陳腔濫調。

If you call something a cliché, you are gently complaining: you mean it is lazy or stale. Though actually, we all reach for clichés when we are tired or polite; they are well-worn paths in talk, and they became worn because they once worked.

If you call something a cliché如果你說某個東西是陳腔濫調，you are gently complaining其實是在委婉地抱怨：you mean it is lazy or stale你的意思是它很懶惰、很老套。Though actually不過其實 when we are tired or polite我們累了或想客套的時候 we all reach for clichés都會用上陳腔濫調；they are well-worn paths in talk它們是講話裡走慣了的老路，and而 they became worn它們之所以被走成老路 because they once worked是因為它們曾經有效過。

The word is borrowed from French and still often keeps the accent: cliché. In French it first named a printing plate that stamps the same picture again and again; that is why it came to mean a phrase used once too often. In English almost nobody means the plate now.

The word這個字 is borrowed from French是從法文借來的，and而 still often keeps the accent常常還保留著重音符號 cliché寫作cliché。In French在法文裡 it它 first named最初指的是 a printing plate一種印刷版 that stamps the same picture again and again會不斷印出同一張圖案的印刷版；that is why也因此 it came to mean它後來演變成 a phrase used once too often「用過太多次的說法」的意思。In English在英文裡 almost nobody means the plate now現在幾乎沒有人是指那塊印刷版了。

People also say “That’s so cliché,” using the noun like an adjective; careful writing prefers clichéd for that job, but you will hear both.

People也有人 say "That's so cliché,"會說「那太cliché了」，using the noun like an adjective把這個名詞當形容詞用；careful writing比較講究的寫作 prefers clichéd for that job會偏好用clichéd這個字，but但 you will hear both兩種說法你都會聽到。