used too often and therefore boring 陈腐的 a hackneyed phrase/subject 陈词滥调；老生常谈的话题
Extra ExamplesHe doesn't fit the hackneyed image of the computer nerd. 他不适合计算机书呆子那种刻薄的形象。 The artist should be careful to avoid hackneyed subjects. 艺术家应该小心避免老生常谈的主题。 There was truth in that hackneyed old saying in show business, ‘Fame costs.’ 演艺界那句老练的老话说的实话实话，“成名成本”。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryHackneyed is used with these nouns:- image
- phrase