ADJ-GRADED (语句、画面等)陈腐的,陈词滥调的 If you describe something such as a saying or an image as hackneyed, you think it is no longer likely to interest, amuse or affect people because it has been used, seen, or heard many times before. (语句、画面等)陈腐的,陈词滥调的
Power corrupts and absolute power absolutely corrupts. That's the old hackneyed phrase, but it's true.