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threadbare

Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse. Приклади
  • 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'.
Having the nap worn away so that the threads show through. Приклади
  • Threadbare rugs.
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