4. (Music, other) music a part of the action of a clavichord consisting of a small piece of metal that strikes the string to produce a note. 5. on a tangent at a tangent on a completely different or divergent course, esp of thought: to go off at a tangent.
Synonyms: clichÃ©, bromide, platitude, truism. These nouns denote an expression or idea that has lost its originality or force through overuse: a short story weakened by clichÃ©s; the bromide that we are what we eat; a eulogy full of platitudes; a once-original thought that is now a truism.
Cliches clichÃ©s can make your writing, unoriginal but they can sometimes be fun in casual, writing especially as an original-play-on words called an-anti. Cliche clichÃ© here are some cliches clichÃ©s to avoid: 1  In formal writing hercules was as strong. 2  As an ox i have to give an arm and a leg to find a parking spot during.  the holiday season