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fráza phrase; idiom; idiomatic expression

obrabljena fráza hackneyed (ali commonplace ali trite) phrase, cliché, truism
lepa fráza a well-turned phrase
posrečena fráza felicitous expression
prazna fráza fine-sounding (ali empty) talk, mere words pl
vse to so prazne fráze it is all hot air, pogovorno waffle
uporabljati visoko doneče fráze to use fine-sounding phrases, to be a phrasemaker (ali phrasemonger, pogovorno waffler), humoristično to favour a sesquipedalian (ali Johnsonian) style, pogovorno to talk as if one has swallowed a dictionary

obrábljen worn out; frayed; trite

obrábljena fraza hackneyed phrase
obrábljen plašč frayed coat
preproga je obrábljena the rug shows wear

omlátiti to thresh

omlačen threshed; figurativno hackneyed
omlačena fraza hackneyed phrase
omlačena šala a stale joke

premláčen (tepèn) beaten black and blue; hackneyed

premláčna fraza hackneyed phrase, well-worn phrase

premléti to grind (up)

premléta fraza a hackneyed phrase
premléta stvar an old story

púhel empty, hollow, shallow; spongy; figurativno worthless, vapid

púhla glava an empty-headed fellow, pogovorno dimwit
púhla fraza hollow phrase