a twice-told tale;banality; bromide; canned phrases; cliches; a hackneyed and stereotyped phrase (/expression/word/tune); often-repeated (/ancient) trash;platitude; shibboleth; shopworn trash (/tune/song/expression); stake and trite phraseology; a stock (/obsolete) phrase (/tune/argument); truism ? 他說(shuō)起話來(lái)老是滿口～的。He always speaks in platitudes. ? 我方代表明確提出必須拋棄“臨時(shí)停火”那樣的～。Our delegate explicitly pointed out that the shop-worn theory of the “temporary ceasefire” must be thrown overboard.