- abgedroschen
- Adj. umg. hackneyed, trite, banal allg., corny umg.; abgedroschene Redewendung auch cliché* * *well-worn; corny; worn; banal; commonplace; common; hackneyed; trite* * *ạb|ge|dro|schen ['apgədrɔʃn]adj (inf)hackneyed (Brit), well-worn; Witz auch corny (inf)
eine abgedroschene Phrase — a cliché
eine abgedroschene Redensart — a hackneyed (Brit) or trite saying
* * *1) (not original or interesting: a corny joke.) corny2) tritely3) ((of a remark, saying etc) already said in exactly the same way so often that it no longer has any worth, effectiveness etc: His poetry is full of trite descriptions of nature.) trite* * *ab·ge·dro·schenadj (pej fam) hackneyedein \abgedroschener Witz an old [or ancient] [or stale] joke* * *Adjektiv (ugs.) hackneyed; well-worn; trite* * *abgedroschen adj umg hackneyed, trite, banal allg, corny umg;abgedroschene Redewendung auch cliché* * *Adjektiv (ugs.) hackneyed; well-worn; trite* * *adj.hackneyed adj.trite adj. adv.tritely adv.
Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch. 2013.