To use the hackneyed phrase, here he found himself.

用一句腐话说，他在这里可谓“得其所哉”。

The words hackneyed and trite have related meanings.

hackneyed和trite有相关含义。

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

摒弃老套描述（“修养深厚且充满热情专业人士”“对细节有敏锐洞察力”），事实应该不言自明。

Or any other hackneyed still lifes today.

或其他老套静物。

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

他异父母妹妹个腐妇女，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‘打得火热’这种话未免太腐，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.

佛罗伦萨景美丽——菲耶索旧景要好得多。

" 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.

对这种腐悲情新场景前景感到厌烦， 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， 这些词滥调蕴含着古往今来智慧精髓。

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；她以老生常谈方式练习手相术，并告诉我这些人通常会说话。

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.

在评论别人绘画时他眼光那样准确，不落俗套，但对他自己那些平凡腐、俗不可耐画却那样自鸣得意，真一桩怪事。

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.

展厅里热情毫无保留； 在摊位和包厢里，人们对词滥调和哗众取宠情况微微一笑， 和展厅一样享受这出戏。

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词滥调；但旧细节在经过新嘴唇时往往会恢复一定程度新鲜感。

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，倒好象言语并不他心灵能运用自如工具似。你必须通过他那些早被人们用得腐不堪词句、那些粗陋俚语、那些既模糊又不完全手势才能猜测他灵魂意图。

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名字，包括枯燥腐战士；红尾蛇，纪念二战中黑獠牙飞行员；还有红狼，这个名字和红尾蛇一样，可以让球队保有其深红和金。

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》里面那些短小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俗气老套浪漫场景”)，但话说回来，提要终究只提要而已。