| Le chic version of a hackneyed saying (6) |
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| Low-hanging fruit, for example |
Newsday |
16 Mar 2024 |
| Stereotyped phrase (6) |
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| Hackneyed stuff in equal measure from Clinton and Cheney |
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| A hackneyed phrase (6) |
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| Overused expression |
Newsday |
29 Jan 2024 |
| French word for a stereotype printing plate cast from a mould, hence a stereotyped phrase (6) |
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| Platitude |
The Times Concise |
01 Sep 2023 |
| Overused phrase |
The Guardian Quick |
21 Jun 2023 |
| Stale saying |
Newsday |
16 Mar 2023 |
| Overused expression |
USA Today |
21 Feb 2023 |
| Overused expression |
Universal |
26 Dec 2022 |
| Old saw that's lost its edge? |
The Times Cryptic |
12 Aug 2022 |
| Cut short revolutionary phrase that’s overused |
The Times Cryptic |
19 Apr 2022 |
| Overused phrase |
The Times Concise |
22 Mar 2022 |
| French word adopted into English to mean "commonplace" |
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| Stereotype of communist picketing insurance company |
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| Hackneyed phrase |
The Times Concise |
13 Jul 2021 |
| Any old thing literally! |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 May 2021 |
| Trite saying |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 May 2021 |
| Old saw that's lost its edge? |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Apr 2021 |
| 2 Down phrase |
Newsday |
24 Jan 2021 |
| Briefly hit it off ... before he delivers trite observation |
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| Commonplace phrase |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Sep 2020 |
| Carbon from endless growth on tree - the same old chestnut perhaps |
Irish Times Crosaire |
21 Aug 2020 |
| Hackneyed phrase |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Jul 2020 |
| Mostly get on well with the fellow offering banality |
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| Old saw that's lost its cutting edge |
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| See children's fiction around — it's definitely not original |
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| Over-used phrase |
Irish Times Simplex |
05 Dec 2019 |
| Trite saying |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Sep 2019 |
| An old chestnut - Sam is off the chemicals |
Irish Times Crosaire |
19 Jun 2019 |
| Trite saying |
Newsday |
24 Apr 2019 |
| Overused saying |
Newsday |
22 Apr 2019 |
| Hackneyed phrase |
The Guardian Speedy |
21 Apr 2019 |
| Almost cut off revolutionary's platitude |
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| Old chestnut caught by a lot of another tree |
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| Like a kid in a candy store, e.g |
New York Times |
05 Oct 2018 |
| Tired saying |
Premier Sunday |
17 Jun 2018 |
| Expression that's as old as the hills |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Feb 2018 |
| Platitude |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Feb 2018 |
| Like a kid in a candy store, e.g. |
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| Client checks only half completed? It's so commonplace |
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| Overused expression |
LA Times Daily |
27 Feb 2017 |
| Passing a poisoned chalice is commonplace |
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| Hackneyed phrase |
The Times Concise |
03 Feb 2017 |
| Short snap by governor is commonplace |
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| Trite phrase |
The Telegraph Quick |
29 Aug 2016 |
| Overused phrase |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Aug 2016 |
| You've heard it many times before |
New York Times |
14 Jul 2016 |
| Overused phrase |
The Times Concise |
19 Apr 2016 |
| You've heard it many times before |
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| Trite expression |
Family Time |
19 Jul 2015 |
| Company's opening, plant not closing — that's been said before |
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| Trite expression |
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| "Hot enough for ya?," e.g. |
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| Extremely civil European receives one with honour – nothing new here! |
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| Trite or obvious remark |
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| Many a predictable plot |
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| "Easy for you to say," e.g. |
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| Old saw |
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| Trite |
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| Old saw |
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| Stale expression |
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| Tired phrase |
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| Overused plot device |
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| Overused expression |
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| Overused idea |
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| "Back to the salt mines," for one |
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| Platitude |
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| Chestnut |
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| Stale expression |
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| Stale expression |
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| Trite expression |
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| Overused expression |
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| Trite expression |
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| Platitude |
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| Overused expression |
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| As different as night and day, e.g. |
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| "When all is said and done," e.g. |
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| Overused expression |
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| Screenwriter's no-no |
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| Overworked phrase |
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| Banality |
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| Banality |
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| Saw |
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| Bit of predictable prose |
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| Bit of predictable prose |
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| It's overused |
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| Platitude |
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| It's overused |
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| Hackneyed |
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| Hackneyed |
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| Platitude |
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| Hot as a pistol, say |
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| Stale saying |
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| Writer's no-no |
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| Bromide |
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| Cut short revolutionary phrase that's overused |
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| You've heard it before |
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| Overused phrase |
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| Bromide |
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| Overworked phrase |
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| Writer's no-no |
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| Platitude |
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| Platitude |
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| Oft-heard expression |
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| Stereotype |
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| Trite expression |
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| Trite remark |
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| 46 Down, for example. |
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| Worn-out phrase. |
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| Hackneyed phrase. |
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| Stock phrase. |
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| Trite phrase. |
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