To use the hackneyed phrase, here he found himself.

用一句陈腐的话说，他在这里可谓“所哉”。

The words hackneyed and trite have related meanings.

hackneyed和trite有相关的含义。

Dispense with hackneyed descriptors (" cultivated and passionate professional" , " a keen eye for detail" )-facts should speak for themselves.

摒弃老套的描述（“修养深厚且充满热情的专业人士”“对细节有敏锐的洞察力”），事实应该不言自明。

Or any other hackneyed still lifes today.

或是他老套的静物。

His half-sister was a hackneyed woman who worked in a haberdashery.

他的异父母妹妹是个陈腐的妇女，在服饰用品店工作。

But that expression of violently in love is so hackneyed, so doubtful, so indefinite, that it gives me very little idea.

“不过，所谓‘打火热’这种话未免太陈腐，太笼统，太不切合实际，我简直抓不住一点儿概念。

The view thence of Florence is most beautiful—far better than the hackneyed view of Fiesole.

佛罗伦萨的景色是最美丽的——菲耶索莱的陈旧景色要好多。

" I do know enough Latin to understand a hackneyed quotation, Elliott, " I said tartly.

“我确实懂拉丁语，足以听懂一句陈词滥调，埃利奥特，”我尖刻地说。

Bored by the prospect of this new scene of hackneyed pathos he did not open his eyes.

对这种陈腐的悲情新场景的前景感到厌烦， 他没有睁开眼睛。

But I also know that these hackneyed proverbs contain the very essence of the distilled wisdom of all ages.

但我也知道， 这些陈词滥调蕴含着古往今来智慧的精髓。

I have seen a gipsy vagabond; she has practised in hackneyed fashion the science of palmistry and told me what such people usually tell.

我见过一个吉普赛流浪汉；她以老生常谈的方式练习手相术，并告诉我这些人通常会说的话。

It was strange that his critical sense, so accurate and unconventional when he dealt with the work of others, should be satisfied in himself with what was hackneyed and vulgar beyond belief.

在评论别人的绘画时他的眼光是确，不落俗套，但是对他自己的些平凡陈腐、俗不可耐的画却自鸣意，真是一桩怪事。

In the galleries the enthusiasm was unreserved;in the stalls and boxes, people smiled a little at the hackneyed sentiments and clap-trap situations, and enjoyed the play as much as the galleries did.

展厅里的热情是毫无保留的； 在摊位和包厢里，人们对陈词滥调和哗众取宠的情况微微一笑， 和展厅一享受这出戏。

Before commencing, it is but fair to warn you that the story will sound somewhat hackneyed in your ears; but stale details often regain a degree of freshness when they pass through new lips.

在开始之前，公平地警告您这个故事在您耳中听起来有些陈词滥调；但是陈旧的细节在经过新的嘴唇时往往会恢复一定程度的新鲜感。

He seemed to express himself with difficulty, as though words were not the medium with which his mind worked; and you had to guess the intentions of his soul by hackneyed phrases, slang, and vague, unfinished gestures.

他表白自己似乎非常困难，倒好象言语并不是他的心灵能运用自如的工具似的。你必须通过他的些早被人们用陈腐不堪的词句、些粗陋的俚语、些既模糊又不完全的手势才能猜测他的灵魂的意图。

More serious possibilities include the dreary, hackneyed Warriors; the Redtails, honouring the black Tuskegee Airmen, who fought in the second world war; and the Red Wolves, which like the Redtails would let the team keep its burgundy- and-gold colours.

还可能有一些更严肃的名字，包括枯燥陈腐的战士；红尾蛇，纪念二战中的黑獠牙飞行员；还有红狼，这个名字和红尾蛇一，可以让球队保有深红色和金色。

Looking at the thumbnail rundowns in Writer's Digest may help ( “… publishes mostly mainstream fiction, 2,000-4,000 words, steer clear of stereotyped characters and hackneyed romance situations” ) , but a thumbnail is, leave us face it, just a thumbnail.

看看《作家文摘》里面些短小的提要大概会对你有所启发（“… … 主要刊登主流小说，长度大约两千到四千单词，注意避免僵化脸谱式人物或是俗气老套的浪漫场景”)，但是话说回来，提要终究只是提要而已。