a type of cliché which uses an old idiom formulaically in a new context

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Definition of a type of cliché which uses an old idiom formulaically in a new context in English English dictionary

snowclone

When you read phrases like these in a newspaper, you've stumbled across a particular type of cliché: the snowclone.

Hyphenation

a type of cli·che which uses an old id·i·om for·mu·la·i·cal·ly in a new con·text