cliche

Cut and dried; Cliche

老生常谈,陈词滥调

a speech consisting mainly of banalities

有很多陈词滥调的讲话.

a tired bromide about it

关于此事的十足的陈词滥调

Yes, you can find isolated examples of all of these stereotypes.

这种陈词滥调有不同的例子。

He delivered a long prose full of platitudes.

他发表了一篇充满陈词滥调的文章。

another was a tendency to lug in by the ears particularly prized words and phrases until they were worn entirely out;

三是特别偏爱一些陈词滥调。

This is regarded as the usual rubber stamps of criticism.

这被人认为是常用于批评的陈词滥调。

The book is all trash， if you ask me.

我认为这本书里说的全是陈词滥调。

The articles in this newspaper are full of cliche.

这张报纸里的文章充满陈词滥调。

the treacly cliches of romantic fiction

传奇小说中令人腻烦的陈词滥调.

He strings his phrases by the dozen.

他老是重复这些陈词滥调。

He seemed to think it was the usual average nonsense.

好象他认为那是平庸的陈词滥调。

When writing a composition, one must avoid using worn-out themes.

作文一定要避免陈词滥调。

Being archaic does not always make a cliché redundant.

古老不总是会将一个陈词滥调“开除”。

The aphorisms started following like water as all the old cliches got dusted off.

一些陈词滥调象尘土一样扬起，一些格言警句象洪水一样到处泛滥。

Now don't you give me that stale drivel, Leslie.

莱斯里，你别也来向我胡扯那套陈词滥调。

That was true no matter how trite it sounded.

这种话听起来像是陈词滥调，不过，这是真话。

He had thrummed upon this topic till it is threadbare.

他对这个问题一再发言已使它成为陈词滥调。