"bromidic sermons" "his remarks were trite and commonplace" "hackneyed phrases" "a stock answer" "repeating threadbare jokes" "parroting some timeworn axiom" "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"
例句
He was fat and looked shopworn around the nose and mouth. 他人长得胖，鼻头和嘴巴部分显出一副不合时宜的可怜相。
And I think we're entering a phase where this marriage between advertising and editorial is getting a bit shopworn. 我觉得目前广告和编辑之间的结合已经老掉牙了。
However, despite his life-and-death battle with Diaz, Marquez should not be viewed as shopworn by any stretch of the imagination.Clean living and a Spartan work ethic has preserved him to an extent. 不过，即便经历了与迪亚兹生死大战，也丝毫不能将马奎兹当做老旧之人，因为严谨的生活以及斯巴达克式的作风已在一定程度上保养了他。
shopworn anecdotes.See Synonyms at trite 陈旧的轶事参见
a shopworn argument(= that is no longer new or useful) 陈旧的论点
He was fat and looked shopworn around the nose and mouth 他人长得胖，鼻头和嘴巴部分显出一副不合时宜的可怜相。
