cliche

Gale doesn’t care how cliché or “woo-woo” it may sound, but she truly believes that music chose her.

The past doesn’t repeat itself, but, according to the cliché, it rhymes.

"I know that's a cliché, but it's a cliché for a good reason, because it works for so many bands."

To twist another cliché, a watched bubble doesn’t usually burst, especially when easy money continues to inflate it.

There’s not too much of this kind of gay cliché, though Mr. Heizer is required to make his character an obvious target among his macho “brethren,” some of whom—shockingly—may be gay themselves.