"bromidic sermons"
"his remarks were trite and commonplace"
"hackneyed phrases"
"a stock answer"
"repeating threadbare jokes"
"parroting some timeworn axiom"
"the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"
well-worn的用法和样例:
例句
用作形容词 (adj.)
Li Well, this may prove to be quite an experience for you. 那这回你有可能要体验一次不平凡的经历。
The secret of success is to do the comon things uncommonly well! 成功的秘诀是将平凡的事做得不平凡!