Related Clues:

• Old saw that's lost its cutting edge
• Howl about Latin translation's lack of imagination
• Penny has licence to provide bromide
• Hackneyed idea, plot etc
• Trite phrase
• Commonplace remark
• Banal phrase
• Stereotyped phrase
• Tired phrase
• 'Easy for you to say,' e.g
• Trite remark made as if meaningful
• Stereotyped expression
• You've heard it many times before
• Hackneyed phrase for waking up on the wrong side of the bed, for one
• Many a predictable plot