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hackneyed

«The clich? is a hackneyed idiom that hopes that it can still palm itself off as a fresh response.»
Author: John Gross | Keywords: hackneyed, idiom, idioms, palm
«I never take any notice of reviews-unless a critic has thought up some new way of describing me. That old one about my lizard eyes and anteater nose and the way I sleep my way through pictures is so hackneyed now.»
«A man must serve his time to every trade / Save censure - critics all are ready made. / Take hackneyed jokes from Miller, got by rote,/ With just enough of learning to misquote.»