A cliche, I know, and until then I had not grasped what that feels like.

我知道过于陈词滥调，但是我知道我已经抓不住那种感觉了。

youdao

In fact, if you look at what happened around Prop 23, it was not a business vs. environmental fight in the way that you think of the cliche. It was split.

事实上，如果你观察一下围绕23号提案发生的事情，会发现这并不是一场老调重弹的企业与环保之间的战争，而是一种分歧。

youdao

O.K., it's a little facile. But what I'm trying to do here is spin the cliche, not fall back on it.

这没什么，我这么说确实有点肤浅，但是我正尝试做的事情不是重述陈词滥调，而是将其翻新。

youdao

As you will know (don't yawn) if you read this column, this economic malaise has been characterised by many weak businesses being put on life support and turned into the living dead, or (to use what is now a cliche, so sorry) zombies.

BBC: Is there good news in HMV's collapse?